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Bordeaux (/ b ɔːr ˈ d oʊ /, bor-DOH; French: ⓘ; Gascon Occitan: Bordèu [buɾˈðɛw]; Basque: Bordele) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department.
Its prefecture and largest city, Bordeaux, together with its suburbs and satellite cities, forms the seventh-largest metropolitan area of France, with 850,000 inhabitants. The region has 25 major urban areas, among which the most important after Bordeaux are Bayonne (288,000 inhabitants), Limoges (283,000), Poitiers (255,000), Pau (241,000) and ...
Bordeaux, Pont-de-Pierre. Bordeaux is the largest city in Aquitaine. It is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department. It is the capital of Aquitaine, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. Bordeaux is famous for its wine industry. Apart from Bordeaux, there are also other important cities in Aquitaine. Bordeaux ...
The collège is the first level of secondary education in the French educational system.A pupil attending collège is called collégien (boy) or collégienne (girl). Men and women teachers at the collège- and lycée-level are called professeur (no official feminine professional form exists in France although the feminine form "professeure" has appeared and seems to be gaining some ground in ...
This list, which has been compiled using the list of the largest cities and towns of France published by "About France" to ensure completeness, [2] includes nearly 100 surviving buildings. The oldest town hall is Hôtel de Ville, La Rochelle completed in 1298, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and the tallest town hall is Hôtel de Ville, Lille with a clock tower ...
The Place des Quinconces, located in Bordeaux, France, is among the largest city squares in Europe (approximately 63 ac or 25.6 ha [1] [2] [circular reference]). It was laid out in 1820 on the site of Château Trompette and was intended to prevent rebellion against the city. Its guns were turned towards the centre.
Bordelais is a French term meaning "of Bordeaux", including residents, and can refer to: an inhabitant of Les Bordes-sur-Lez, a former commune in the Ariège department of southwestern France; Stade Bordelais, a rugby union club in Bordeaux; Bordelaise sauce, a sauce prepared with red wine
Bègles (French:; Gascon: Begla) is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France. It is a suburb of the city of Bordeaux and is adjacent to it on the south. Bègles station has rail connections to Langon and Bordeaux.