Macau | |
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Coordinates: 45°00′33″N0°36′46″W / 45.0092°N 0.6128°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 (2021) [2] | 4,527 |
• Density | 230/km2 (600/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. |
Macau (French pronunciation: [mako] ) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
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% |
Source: INSEE [3] |
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