Macau, Gironde
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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Macau (French pronunciation: [mako]) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Macau | |
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The church in Macau | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Macau | |
  Macau  Macau | |
| Coordinates: 45°00′33″N 0°36′46″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Gironde |
| Arrondissement | Bordeaux |
| Canton | Le Sud-Médoc |
| Intercommunality | Médoc Estuaire |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Chrystel Colmont-Digneau[1] |
Area 1 | 19.56 km2 (7.55 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 4,576 |
| • Density | 233.9/km2 (605.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 33262 /33460 |
| Elevation | 0–26 m (0–85 ft) (avg. 9 m or 30 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,017 | — |
| 1975 | 2,065 | +0.34% |
| 1982 | 2,349 | +1.86% |
| 1990 | 2,648 | +1.51% |
| 1999 | 2,890 | +0.98% |
| 2007 | 3,278 | +1.59% |
| 2012 | 3,668 | +2.27% |
| 2017 | 4,225 | +2.87% |
| 2023 | 4,576 | +1.34% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Heraldry
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The arms of Macau are blazoned: "Per bend sinister first Azure a nave sails and rigging Argent sailing on a river of three wavy dashes Sable, second Sable the church of the place Argent windows of the field; the division debruised by a bend sinister Or charged in fess point with an artichoke Vert between, in chief and base, two bunches of grape Gules stick and tendril Sable, all set straight."
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