Pauillac
Pauillac | |
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Pauillac City Hall and reed bed on the Gironde | |
Location of Pauillac | |
| Coordinates: 45°12′00″N 0°44′56″W / 45.1999°N 0.7488°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Gironde |
| Arrondissement | Lesparre-Médoc |
| Canton | Le Nord-Médoc |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Florent Fatin |
Area 1 | 22.74 km2 (8.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 5,165 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 33314 /33250 |
| Elevation | 0–29 m (0–95 ft) (avg. 6 m or 20 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Pauillac (French pronunciation: [pojak]; Occitan: Paulhac) is a municipality in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The city is mid-way between Bordeaux and the Pointe de Grave, along the Gironde, the largest estuary in western Europe.