Information about Gironde
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| Coat of arms of the Gironde department | |
| Location | |
| Administration | |
| Department number: | 33 |
| Region: | Aquitaine |
| Prefecture: | Bordeaux |
| Subprefectures: | Arcachon Blaye Langon Lesparre-Médoc Libourne |
| Arrondissements: | 5 |
| Cantons: | 63 |
| Communes: | 542 |
| President of the General Council: | Philippe Madrelle |
| Statistics | |
| Population | Ranked 9th |
| -1999 | 1,287,334 |
| Population density: | 129/km |
| Land area: | 10,000 km |
| French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km. | |
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Gironde (Occitan: Gironda) is a common name for the Gironde Estuary - sound where merge the mouths of the Garonne river and of the Dordogne river - and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest France.
History
Gironde is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Guyenne and Gascogne.From 1793 to 1795, the department's name was changed to Bec-d'Ambès to avoid the association with the revolutionary party, the Girondins.
Geography
Gironde is part of the current region of Aquitaine and is surrounded by the departments of Landes, Lot-et-Garonne, Dordogne, Charente and Charente-Maritime and the Atlantic Ocean on the west. With 10,000 km², Gironde is the largest department of metropolitan France.It is well known for the Côte d'Argent beach which is Europe's longest, and attracts many surfers to Lacanau each year.
See also
- Cantons of the Gironde department
- Communes of the Gironde department
- Arrondissements of the Gironde department
- Bordeaux wine regions
External links
- (French) General Council website
- (French) Prefecture website
- (French) Tourism Office website
- Gironde Tourism Guide
Ain • Aisne • Allier • Alpes-de-Haute-Provence • Hautes-Alpes • Alpes-Maritimes • Ardche • Ardennes • Arige • Aube • Aude • Aveyron • Bouches-du-Rhne • Calvados • Cantal • Charente • Charente-Maritime • Cher • Corrze • Corse-du-Sud • Haute-Corse • Cte-d'Or • Ctes-d'Armor • Creuse • Dordogne • Doubs • Drme • Eure • Eure-et-Loir • Finistre • Gard • Haute-Garonne • Gers • Gironde • Hrault • Ille-et-Vilaine • Indre • Indre-et-Loire • Isre • Jura • Landes • Loir-et-Cher • Loire • Haute-Loire • Loire-Atlantique • Loiret • Lot • Lot-et-Garonne • Lozre • Maine-et-Loire • Manche • Marne • Haute-Marne • Mayenne • Meurthe-et-Moselle • Meuse • Morbihan • Moselle • Nivre • Nord • Oise • Orne • Pas-de-Calais • Puy-de-Dme • Pyrnes-Atlantiques • Hautes-Pyrnes • Pyrnes-Orientales • Bas-Rhin • Haut-Rhin • Rhne • Haute-Sane • Sane-et-Loire • Sarthe • Savoie • Haute-Savoie • Paris • Seine-Maritime • Seine-et-Marne • Yvelines • Deux-Svres • Somme • Tarn • Tarn-et-Garonne • Var • Vaucluse • Vende • Vienne • Haute-Vienne • Vosges • Yonne • Territoire de Belfort • Essonne • Hauts-de-Seine • Seine-Saint-Denis • Val-de-Marne • Val-d'Oise • Overseas departments and territories: Guadeloupe • Martinique • French Guiana • Runion
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City logo
(traditional tri-crescent) City coat of arms
Motto: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem.
"The fleur-de-lis alone rules over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion"
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City logo
(traditional tri-crescent) City coat of arms
Motto: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem.
"The fleur-de-lis alone rules over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion"
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Commune of
Arcachon
Arcachon view taken from the Bassin
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Longitude 01° 10' 03" W
Latitude 44° 39' 34" N
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Arcachon
Arcachon view taken from the Bassin
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Longitude 01° 10' 03" W
Latitude 44° 39' 34" N
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Commune of
Blaye
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Blaye
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Arrondissement Blaye
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Commune of
Langon
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Longitude 00° 14' 54" W
Latitude 44° 33' 14" N
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Arrondissement Langon
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Langon
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Longitude 00° 14' 54" W
Latitude 44° 33' 14" N
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Commune of
Lesparre-Médoc
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Longitude 00° 56' 11" W
Latitude 45° 18' 28" N
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Lesparre-Médoc
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Longitude 00° 56' 11" W
Latitude 45° 18' 28" N
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Commune of
Libourne
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Longitude -0.241699
Latitude 44.923974
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Arrondissement Libourne
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Libourne
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Longitude -0.241699
Latitude 44.923974
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Arrondissement Libourne
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The 6 arrondissements of the Gironde department are:
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- Arrondissement of Blaye, (subprefecture: Blaye) with 4 cantons and 55 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 52,138 in 1990, and was 54,136 in 1999, an increase of 3.83%.
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The following is a list of the 63 cantons of the Gironde department, in France, sorted by arrondissement:
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Arrondissement of Blaye (4 cantons)
- Blaye
- Bourg
- Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde
- Saint-Savin
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The following is a list of the 542 communes of the Gironde département, in France.
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- (CUB) Agglomeration community of Bordeaux, created in 1966.
- (CAA) Agglomeration community of the Bay of South Arcachon, created in 2002.
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only, excluding overseas departments and territories, as well as former French colonies and protectorates. Algeria and its départements, although they were an integral part of metropolitan France until 1962, are not included in the figures.
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Rank Department Population (2006) Size (km²) Density (pop./km²)
2 Paris 2,164,000 105 20,605
4 Rhône 1,646,000 3,249 507
6 Seine-Saint-Denis 1,459,000 236 6,182
8 Yvelines 1,395,000 2,284 611
10 Val-de-Marne 1,279,000 245 5,220
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2 Paris 2,164,000 105 20,605
4 Rhône 1,646,000 3,249 507
6 Seine-Saint-Denis 1,459,000 236 6,182
8 Yvelines 1,395,000 2,284 611
10 Val-de-Marne 1,279,000 245 5,220
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- 18 million km — One light-minute
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Official language of: Officially recognised in Catalonia, Spain, as Occitan.
Regulated by: Conselh de la Lenga Occitana
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ISO 639-2: oci
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Official language of: Officially recognised in Catalonia, Spain, as Occitan.
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Gironde is a navigable estuary, but often referred to as a river, in southwest France and is formed from the meeting of the rivers Dordogne and Garonne just below the centre of Bordeaux.
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Origin Pyrenees
Mouth Gironde estuary,
Atlantic Ocean
Basin countries France, Spain
Length 575 km
Source elevation 1,872 m
Basin area 84,811 km² *
* including Dordogne The Garonne (in French: Garonne
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Mouth Gironde estuary,
Atlantic Ocean
Basin countries France, Spain
Length 575 km
Source elevation 1,872 m
Basin area 84,811 km² *
* including Dordogne The Garonne (in French: Garonne
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Dordogne
Coat of arms of the Dordogne department
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Department number: 24
Region: Aquitaine
Prefecture: Périgueux
Subprefectures: Bergerac
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Coat of arms of the Dordogne department
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Department number: 24
Region: Aquitaine
Prefecture: Périgueux
Subprefectures: Bergerac
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