Bordeaux

Bordeaux
Prefecture and commune
Coat of arms
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" (in French: « Les lys règnent seuls sur la lune, les ondes, la forteresse et le lion. »)
Location of Bordeaux
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Coordinates: 44°50′N 0°35′W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	5 cantons
Intercommunality	Bordeaux Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2019–2020)	Nicolas Florian (LR)
Area 1	49.36 km2 (19.06 sq mi)
• Urban  (2010)	1,172.79 km2 (452.82 sq mi)
• Metro  (2010)	5,613.41 km2 (2,167.35 sq mi)
Population  (2016)	252,040
• Rank	9th in France
• Density	5,100/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
• Urban  (January 2011)	760,933
• Metro  (2013)	1,195,335
Demonym	Bordelais
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33063 /
Website	www.bordeaux.fr
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
Criteria	Cultural: ii, iv
Reference	1256
Inscription	2007 (31st Session)
Area	1,731 ha
Buffer zone	11,974 ha
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bordeaux is a city in the Gironde department of France. It is on the Garonne River near the Atlantic Ocean. About 1,150,000 people live in the area around the city. Bordeaux has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification). It is famous for wines made in the region near the city. Bordeaux is also famous for its art.

Bordeaux is classified as a "City of Art and History". The city is home to 362 monuments historiques. Some buildings date back to Roman times. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

History

Bordeaux, Port of the Moon

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Criteria	Cultural: ii, iv
Reference	1256
Inscription	2007 (31st Session)

In about 300 BC Bordeaux was the settlement of a Celtic tribe. They named the town Burdigala. The Romans began rule of the city around 60 BC. Later it became capital of Roman Aquitaine. In the 400s the city was looted by the Vandals, Visigoths, and Franks.

After the Battle of Poitiers, Duke Eudes was able to hold only a small part of Aquitaine where Bordeaux was located. It became one of the last cities to fall under King Pepin the Short.

Bordeaux once again became an important city after the marriage of Duchess Eléonore of Aquitaine with Count Henri Plantagenet. He became King Henry II of England only months after their marriage.

In 1653 Bordeaux was added to the Kingdom of France, when the army of Louis XIV entered the city.

In 1870 the French government moved to Bordeaux for a time. This was at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian war against Prussia. The temporary move happened again during World War I and again very briefly during the World War II.

Education

• École nationale supérieure d'électronique, informatique, télécommunications, mathématiques et mécanique de Bordeaux
• École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies
• École spéciale de mécanique et électricité
• Institut supérieur européen de gestion group
• E-Artsup
• Institut supérieur européen de formation par l'action
• University of Bordeaux 1
• Kedge Business School

Sister cities

Bordeaux is twinned with:

Bristol, United Kingdom, since 1947 Lima, Peru, since 1957 Quebec City, Canada, since 1962 Munich, Germany, since 1964 Los Angeles, United States, since 1968

Bern, Switzerland since 1978 Japan, since 1982 Bilbao, Spain Zurich, Switzerland, since 2014 Israel, since 1984

Warsaw, Poland, since 2009 Casablanca, Morocco, since 1988 Oran, Algeria, since 2003 Berlin, Germany, since 2010

Partnerships

Saint Petersburg, Russia, since 1993 Bratislava, Slovakia, since 1993 Los Angeles, United States Budapest, Hungary since 2010

Other websites

Media related to Bordeaux at Wikimedia Commons
Bordeaux travel guide from Wikivoyage