Mazères, Gironde

Mazères is a commune in the Gironde department in the region of Aquitaine. It has an area of 13.1 km ² and had 692 inhabitants on 1 January 2011.

The village is located about seven kilometers south of Langon on a small hill on a large surface sloping north to the Garonne towards terrain profile. Just one kilometer east runs in a north -south direction, the N 524 from Langon after Captieux. South and west flows around the location of the Ruisseau de Marquet. Mazères is the southernmost AOC classified wine village in the Bordeaux vineyards in the region of Graves. The town itself can be seen as scattered settlement. Between the houses mostly plots with wine. Also, to the church, which commonly represents the center of the village, only isolated farms are located. In the southwest of the community dating back to the 11th century Château de Roquetaillade is.

Near the church of Notre -Dame, whose structure mainly dates from the 16th and 17th centuries, there is a primary school, adjacent to the sports fields. For secondary schools the students have to go to Langon.