Cantenac
| Cantenac | |
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  Cantenac | |
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Location within Aquitaine region  Cantenac | |
| Coordinates: 45°01′45″N 0°39′09″W / 45.0292°N 0.6525°WCoordinates: 45°01′45″N 0°39′09″W / 45.0292°N 0.6525°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Gironde |
| Arrondissement | Lesparre-Médoc |
| Canton | Castelnau-de-Médoc |
| Intercommunality | Fronsac |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Eric Boucher |
| Area1 | 14.26 km2 (5.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2008)2 | 1,269 |
| • Density | 89/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 33091 / 33460 |
| Elevation |
1–22 m (3.3–72.2 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Cantenac, sometimes Cantenac-Margaux, is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.
It is located near Bordeaux.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 900 | — |
| 1968 | 1,054 | +17.1% |
| 1975 | 1,125 | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 1,300 | +15.6% |
| 1990 | 1,197 | −7.9% |
| 1999 | 1,179 | −1.5% |
| 2008 | 1,269 | +7.6% |
Wine
Situated on the Left bank of the Gironde in the region Haut-Médoc, the area is home to many wineries, however following a law of 1954, Cantenac wines fall under the Margaux AOC, as there is no appreciable difference between the two communes.[1] The chateaux of Cantenac that were ranked at the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 are:
- Château Brane-Cantenac
- Château Kirwan
- Château d'Issan
- Château Palmer
- Château Boyd-Cantenac
- Château Cantenac-Brown
- Château Prieuré-Lichine
- Château Pouget
See also
References
- ↑ Lichine, Alexis (1967). Alexis Lichine's Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits. London: Cassell & Company Ltd. pp. 1969, p.419.
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