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Bordeaux (French pronunciation: [bɔʁdo] ( listen); Gascon: Bordèu) is a port ceety on the Garonne River in soothwast Fraunce, wi an estimatit (2008) population o 250,082. The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan aurie, haes a population o 1,010,000 an constitutes the saxt-lairgest urban aurie in Fraunce. It is the caipital o the region o New Aquitaine, as well as the prefectur o the Gironde depairtment. Its inhabitants are cried Bordelais.
Bordeaux Bordèu | |
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Motto(s): Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem. "The fleur-de-lis alone rules over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion" | |
Coordinates: 44°50′19″N 0°34′42″W | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Depairtment | Gironde |
Arrondissement | Bordeaux |
Intercommunality | Bordeaux |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Nicolas Florian (LR) |
Area 1 | 49.36 km2 (19.06 sq mi) |
• Urban (2008 estimate) | 1057 km2 (408 sq mi) |
• Metro (2008 estimate) | 3875.2 km2 (1,496.2 sq mi) |
Population (2016-01-01)2 | 256,045 |
• Rank | 9t in Fraunce |
• Density | 5,200/km2 (13,000/sq mi) |
• Urban (2008 estimate) | 832,605 |
• Urban density | 790/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
• Metro (2008 estimate) | 1,105,000 (6t in Fraunce) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 33063 / |
Website | www |
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. |
Bordeaux is the warld's major wine industry caipital. It is hame tae the warld's main wine fair, Vinexpo,[1] while the wine economy in the metro aurie moves 14.5 billion euros each year.[2] Bordeaux wine haes been produced in the region syne the aicht century. The historic pairt o the ceety is on the UNESCO Warld Heritage Leet as "an ootstaundin urban an architectural ensemble" o the 18t century.[3]
Bordeaux is twinned wi:
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