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{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Cantenac
|image              = Église de Cantenac.jpg
|arrondissement     = Lesparre-Médoc
|canton             = Le Sud-Médoc
|commune                = Margaux-Cantenac
|INSEE              = 33091
|postal code        = 33460
|coordinates        = {{coord|45.0292|-0.6525|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m        = 30
|elevation min m    = 1
|elevation max m    = 22
|area km2           = 14.26
|population         = 1375
|population date    = 2017
|population footnotes   = <ref name=pop2017>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/4265429/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017], [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]]</ref>
}}
'''Cantenac''' ({{IPA|fr|kɑ̃tnak}}) is a former [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Gironde]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] in southwestern [[France]]. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune [[Margaux-Cantenac]].<ref>[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2016/11/17/INTB1633989A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 17 November 2016 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> It is located near [[Bordeaux]].
==Population==
{{Historical populations
|align=left|
1962|900|
1968|1054|
1975|1125|
1982|1300|
1990|1197|
1999|1179|
2008|1269
}}
{{clear-left}}
==Wine==
Situated on the Left bank of the [[Gironde (river)|Gironde]] in the region [[Haut-Médoc]], the area is home to many [[winery|wineries]], however following a law of 1954, Cantenac wines fall under the [[Margaux AOC]], as there is no appreciable difference between the two communes.<ref name=ALE>{{cite book|last =Lichine |first =Alexis |title =Alexis Lichine's Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits |publisher = Cassell & Company Ltd. |year =1967 |location =London|pages =1969, p.419 }}</ref> 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]]
==See also==
*[[Bordeaux wine regions]]
*[[Communes of the Gironde department]]
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.terroir-france.com/region/bordeaux_margaux.htm Cantenac-Margaux wine information]
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[[Category:Former communes of Gironde]]
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