Saint-André-de-Cubzac (, literally ''

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of Cubzac''; , ) is a commune in the

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, southwestern

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. Its inhabitants are called ''Cubzaguais'' in French.

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Jacques-Yves Cousteau Jacques-Yves Cousteau, (, also , ; 11 June 191025 June 1997) was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. He co-invented the first successful open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), called the A ...

(1910–1997) was born in Saint-André-de-Cubzac and is buried in the Cousteau family plot. It is also the birthplace of

Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan Jean Marie Antoine Louis de Lanessan (13 July 1843 – 7 November 1919) was a French statesman and naturalist. Biography De Lanessan was born in Saint-André-de-Cubzac in the Gironde department of France and entered the French Navy in 1862, ser ...

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