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Moulis-en-Médoc
Nouvelle-Aquitainevillage
Moulis-en-Médoc
Total population
1,908
Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Moulis-en-Médoc is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
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History
Vineyards have been cultivated in Moulis at least as far back as Roman times, as three Gallo-Roman establishments have already been discovered. The grape variety biturica is from this era, an ancestor of the cabernet variety. The term "biture" meaning "booze-up", relating to "ivresse" or "intoxication" comes from this variety of grape. During the Middle Ages, the Médoc was the granary of Bordeaux. This is demonstrated by the presence of numerous mills to grind the grain. It is from the term "Moulin" that Moulis takes its name: "Moulinis". The vineyards of the era belonged to some feudal proprietors and a religious community which the Roman Church controlled. In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in Haut Médoc, the vine was planted inside rather than at the edge of the estuary to avoid detrimental effects caused by humidity from the river and fog, which can decay and decimate the vineyards. The vineyards developed quickly in the eighteenth century. The quality of the land was not left unaffected by merchants from Bordeaux, who had made their fortune in the business of islands and invested in Moulis. The French Revolution did not help the vineyard, but it recovered quickly, reaching its peak at the end of the nineteenth century with an area of 1,500 hectares, before being decimated by the Phylloxera aphid.
Geography
The village is situated in the Médoc on a hill, overhanging the Tiquetorte stream, which flows into the Gironde estuary. Districts: Le Bourg, Bouqueyran, Grand-Poujeaux...
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Nearby places in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Castelnau-de-Médoc2.4 mi away · pop. 4,829
- Lamarque3.5 mi away · pop. 1,337
- Issan5.3 mi away
- Blaye7.3 mi away · pop. 4,957
- Villeneuve7.3 mi away · pop. 408
- Francicot7.7 mi away · pop. 714
- Le Pian-Médoc8.7 mi away · pop. 7,105
- Pauillac10 mi away · pop. 5,098
- Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc10.2 mi away · pop. 7,583
- Lansac11.3 mi away · pop. 674
- Blanquefort12.4 mi away · pop. 16,004
- Le Pontet12.4 mi away
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Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 33297
- Department
- 33
- Region
- 75
- Population (Wikidata)
- 1,962
geo.api.gouv.fr
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
- • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr