Gironde (Department, France)

Last modified: 2007-09-29 by ivan sache
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• Administrative data

See also:

• France
• France: Metropolitan departments
• Clickable map of France (departments)
• Gironde (Department, France): Municipal flags
  • Bordeaux
  • Andernos-les-Bains
  • Arcachon
  • Cestas
  • Gujan-Mestras
  • Langon
  • Lè-Cap-Ferret
• Gironde (Department, France): Yacht clubs

Administrative data

Code: 33
Region: Aquitaine
Traditional provinces: Guyenne and Gascony
Bordering departments: Charente-Maritime, Dordogne, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne

Area: 10,000 km²
Population (1995): 1,263,500 inhabitants

Préfecture: Bordeaux
Sous-préfectures: Blaye, Langon, Lesparre-Médoc, Libourne
Subdivisions: 5 arrondissements, 63 cantons, 543 communes.

The department is named after the estuary of Gironde (75 km), made by the confluency of rivers Garonne and Dordogne.

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