Margaux-Cantenac

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Margaux-Cantenac
Margaux-Cantenac (France)
Margaux-Cantenac
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Lesparre-Médoc
Canton Le Sud-Médoc
Community association Médoc Estuaire
Coordinates 45 ° 3 ′  N , 0 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 3 ′  N , 0 ° 41 ′  W
height 1–23 m
surface 21.62 km 2
Residents 2,965 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 137 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 33460
INSEE code

Margaux-Cantenac is a commune in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine with 2,965 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc and the canton of Le Sud-Médoc .

On January 1, 2017, Margaux-Cantenac was formed as a Commune nouvelle from the municipalities of Margaux and Cantenac .

geography

Margaux-Cantenac is located about 30 kilometers north-northwest of Bordeaux on the Gironde estuary . Margaux-Cantenac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Soussans in the north and northwest, Gauriac in the northeast and Bayon-sur-Gironde in the east on the opposite side of the estuary, Labarde in the southeast, Arsac in the southwest and Avensan in the west.

The community belongs to the Margaux and Haut-Médoc wine-growing regions .

structure

District former
INSEE code
Area
(km²)
Altitude
(m)
Population
(2016)
Density
(inh. Per km²)
Cantenac 33091 14.26 1-22 1,371 096.1
Margaux (administrative headquarters)00 33268 07.36 1-23 1,582 214.9

Attractions

See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Margaux-Cantenac

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 547-549.

Web links

Commons : Margaux-Cantenac  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. Population figures retrospectively from January 1, 2016