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Margaux
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Coat of arms of Margaux
Coat of arms
Margaux is located in France
Margaux
Margaux
Location in France
Margaux is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Margaux
Margaux
Location in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Lesparre-Médoc
Canton Le Sud-Médoc
Commune Margaux-Cantenac
Area
1
7.36 km2 (2.84 sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
33460
Elevation 1–23 m (3.3–75.5 ft)
(avg. 16 m or 52 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Margaux 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.

The village is in the Haut Médoc wine making region on the left bank of the Garonne estuary. It is northwest of the city of Bordeaux.


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