Saint-André-de-Cubzac

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Commune of Saint-André-de-Cubzac
Location
Longitude 00° 26' 41" W
Latitude 44° 59' 44" N
Administration
Country France
Region Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Bordeaux
Canton Saint-André-de-Cubzac
Mayor Jacques Maugein
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude 2 m–73 m
(avg. 30 m)
Land area¹ 23.15 km²
Population²
(1999)
7,234
 - Density (1999) 312/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 33366/ 33240
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France

Saint-André-de-Cubzac is a small town near Bordeaux, France. It is a commune of the Gironde département.

The town is most famous for its cemetery, as Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the world renowned oceanographer, was laid to rest here in the Cousteau family plot.

It is also the birthplace of Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan.

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