Macau, Gironde

Macau (French pronunciation: [mako]) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Macau
Commune
The church in Macau
Coat of arms
Location of Macau
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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
Area 1	19.56 km2 (7.55 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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

Heraldry

Arms of Macau

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."

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department