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Margaux
Sign in to saveMargaux (; ) is a former commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Margaux-Cantenac.
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Margaux is a former commune in the Gironde department of France, situated in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It was located within the arrondissement of Bordeaux and the arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc. The area covered 7.36 square kilometers and had an elevation of 23 meters above sea level. Its postal code was 33460, and it shared borders with Gauriac, Cantenac, and Soussans.
The commune was associated with the canton of Castelnau-de-Médoc and later the canton of Sud-Médoc. It had a population of 1,541 according to one source, while another listed 1,455. Margaux was dissolved on December 31, 2016, and replaced by the new commune of Margaux-Cantenac. It is distinct from the Margaux AOC.
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- Locality
- Margaux-Cantenac
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,455
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Margaux
- French commune.image
- Margaux Eglise.jpg
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Margaux (Gironde).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Lesparre-Médoc
- French commune.canton
- Le Sud-Médoc
- French commune.commune
- Margaux-Cantenac
- French commune.INSEE
- 33268
- French commune.postal code
- 33460
- French commune.elevation m
- 16
- French commune.elevation min m
- 1
- French commune.elevation max m
- 23
- French commune.area km2
- 7.36
- French commune.population
- 1554
- French commune.population date
- 2014
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Margaux
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc
- Population
- 1541
- Area
- 7.36
- Elevation
- 10
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Gauriac
- Official website
- www.mairie-margaux.fr
- Image
- Margaux (panneau).JPG
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- Commons category
- Margaux
- postal code
- 33460
- replaced by
- Margaux-Cantenac
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2016-12-31
- associated electoral district
- canton of Sud-Médoc
- different from
- Margaux AOC
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Population
- Wines
- Cultural references
- See also
- References
Margaux (; ) is a former commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Margaux-Cantenac.
==Geography== The village lies in the Haut Médoc wine making region on the left bank of the Garonne estuary, northwest of the city of Bordeaux.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Margaux” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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