Cantenac
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Commune of Cantenac |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Aquitaine |
Department | Gironde |
Arrondissement | Bordeaux |
Canton | Castelnau-de-Médoc |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du canton de Fronsac |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 1 m–22 m (avg. 30 m) |
Land area¹ | 14,26 km² |
Population² (1999) |
1179 |
- Density | 82/km² (1999) |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 33091/ 33460 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Cantenac, sometimes Cantenac-Margaux, is a village and commune of the Gironde département, located near Bordeaux.
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[edit] 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
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Lichine, Alexis (1967). Alexis Lichine's Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., p. 1969, p.419.
[edit] External links
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