Pauillac

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Commune of Pauillac
Location
Longitude -00° 44' 51" W
Latitude 45° 12' 03" N
Administration
Country France
Region Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Lesparre-Médoc
Canton Pauillac
Statistics
Altitude 0 m–29 m
(avg. 6 m)
Land area¹ 22.74 km²
Population²
(1999)
1,274
 - Density (1999) 56/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 33544/ 33250
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

Pauillac is a small village and port on the Gironde estuary, that produces red wine.

Administratively, Pauillac is a commune of the Gironde département.

[edit] Wine

The village consists of only 3000 acres (12 km²) of vineyards in the Haut-Médoc between the villages of Saint-Julien to the south and Saint-Estèphe to the north, but is home to three of Bordeaux's five first growth wines: Château Lafite-Rothschild, Château Latour, and Château Mouton-Rothschild.

[edit] Selection of Pauillac estates

[edit] See also

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