Listrac-Médoc

Listrac-Médoc
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Listrac-Médoc
Location within Aquitaine region Listrac-Médoc
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Lesparre-Médoc
Canton	Castelnau-de-Médoc
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Médulienne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Priollaud
Area1	61.9 km2 (23.9 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	2,242
• Density	36/km2 (94/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	33248 / 33480
Elevation	9–44 m (30–144 ft) (avg. 39 m or 128 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Listrac-Médoc is a commune in the Gironde department in the Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

Geography

The commune is situated in the Médoc on the Route nationale 215, between Bordeaux and Le Verdon-sur-Mer.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,284	—
1968	1,328	+3.4%
1975	1,319	−0.7%
1982	1,521	+15.3%
1990	1,821	+19.7%
1999	1,854	+1.8%
2008	2,242	+20.9%

Wine

Lying 15 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of the city of Bordeaux, the village is best known as one of the six appellations of the great wine-growing regions of the Médoc. In a region where a mere 20 metres (70 ft) can be the difference between a great wine and an average one, its distance from the beneficial effect of the Garonne means that its wines are not as highly rated as those of the other appellations. Nonetheless it is home to many vineyards whose blends of cabernet sauvignon, merlot and cabernet franc can age over a long period.

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Listrac-Médoc on the site of Insee