Cantenac | |
Arrondissement: | Lesparre-Médoc |
Canton: | Le Sud-Médoc |
Commune: | Margaux-Cantenac |
Insee: | 33091 |
Postal Code: | 33460 |
Coordinates: | 45.0292°N -0.6525°W |
Elevation M: | 30 |
Elevation Min M: | 1 |
Elevation Max M: | 22 |
Area Km2: | 14.26 |
Population: | 1375 |
Population Date: | 2017 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Cantenac (in French pronounced as /kɑ̃tnak/) 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.[2] It is located near Bordeaux.
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.[3] The chateaux of Cantenac that were ranked at the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 are: