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Commune of Margaux
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	Castelnau-de-Médoc
Statistics
Elevation	1 m–23 m (avg. 16 m)
Land area¹	7.36 km²
Population² (1999)	1,338
- Density	181/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	33268/ 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: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Margaux is a commune in the Gironde département of south-west France, that produces red wine. Population: 1,358. Image File history File links Paris_plan_pointer_b_jms. ... This list of countries, arranged alphabetically, gives an overview of countries of the world. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... (Region flag) (Region logo) Location Administration Capital Regional President Departments Dordogne Gironde Landes Lot-et-Garonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques Arrondissements 18 Cantons 235 Communes 2,296 Statistics Land area1 41,308 km² Population (Ranked 6th)  - January 1, 2006 est. ... Departments (French: IPA: ) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... Gironde (Occitan: Gironda) is a common name for the Gironde Estuary - sound where merge the mouths of the Garonne river and of the Dordogne river - and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest France. ... The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. ... The arrondissement of Bordeaux is an arrondissement of France, located in the Gironde département, in the Aquitaine région. ... The cantons of France are administrative divisions subdividing arrondissements and départements. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... INSEE is the French abbreviation for the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques). ... Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... For other meanings, see Estuary (disambiguation) Río de la Plata estuary An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. ... This page lists English translations of several Latin phrases and abbreviations, such as and . ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... Gironde (Occitan: Gironda) is a common name for the Gironde Estuary - sound where merge the mouths of the Garonne river and of the Dordogne river - and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest France. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... This article is about the beverage. ...

Geography

The village lies in the Haut Médoc wine making region on the left bank of the Garonne estuary, north west of the city of Bordeaux. The Haut-Médoc region forms the southern and larger part of the Médoc wine-growing region of Bordeaux in Western France. ... The following is a list of regions where wine grapes are grown and wine is made from them. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Bordeaux (disambiguation). ...

Wines

Margaux is the name of the wine appellation d'origine, Margaux AOC, that encompasses the village and the neighbouring villages of Arsac, Labarde, Soussans and Cantenac, and is the most southerly of Médoc's appellations. The commune makes almost entirely red wine. Appellation d’origine contrôlée (AOC), which translates as term of controlled origin is the French certification granted to certain French geographical indications for wines, cheeses, butters, and other agricultural products, all under the auspices of the government bureau Institut National des Appellations dOrigine (INAO). ... Margaux is a wine Appellation dOrigine Contrôlée (AOC) in the Bordeaux wine region of France. ... The Médoc is one of the most famous of the French wine-growing regions, consisting of the region in the département of Gironde, on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, north of Bordeaux. ...

The 1855 classification contained more wines from Margaux than from any other appellation, and its best-known vineyard, Château Margaux, was one of only four wines to be awarded the Premier Cru status. For the 1855 Exposition Universelle de Paris, Emperor Napoleon III requested a classification system for Frances best Bordeaux wines which were to be on display for visitors from around the world. ... The vineyard of Château Margaux stands as the producer of one of the worlds greatest and most sought-after red wines. ... First Growth (French Premier Cru) status refers to the greatest wines of the Bordeaux region. ...

Cultural references

Margaux was mentioned in the movie Thank You for Smoking (2006) by the main character Nick Naylor. Thank You for Smoking is a 2006, Golden Globe nominated film satire directed by Jason Reitman and produced by David O. Sacks. ...

See also

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