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| Department number: | 33 |
| Region: | Aquitaine |
| Prefecture: | Bordeaux |
| Subprefectures: | Arcachon Blaye Langon Lesparre-Médoc Libourne |
| Arrondissements: | 6 |
| Cantons: | 63 |
| Communes: | 542 |
| President of the General Council: | Philippe Madrelle |
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| Population | Ranked 9th |
| -Jan. The term administration, as used in the context of Government, differs according to Jurisdiction. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Aquitaine (Aquitània Akitania archaic Guyenne / Guienne (Occitan Guiana) is one of the 26 Regions of France, in the south-western part of A prefecture ( préfecture) in France can refer to: the Chef-lieu de département, the town in which the administration of a ''département'' ( Gascon: Bordèu) is a port city in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area at a 2008 estimate Subprefectures (sous-préfectures are the administrative towns of arrondissements in France that do not contain the prefecture for its department. Arcachon is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France. Blaye is a commune and sub-prefecture in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. Langon is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. Lesparre-Médoc ( Occitan: L'Esparra de Medoc) is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern Libourne is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The 6 arrondissements of the Gironde department are Arrondissement of Blaye, ( subprefecture: Blaye) with 4 The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The following is a list of the 63 cantons of the Gironde department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Arrondissement The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The following is a list of the 542 communes of the Gironde département, in France. In France, the President of the General Council (French Président du conseil général) is the locally-elected head of the General Council, the assembly As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. 1, 2006 estimate -March 8, 1999 census |
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| Population density: | 139/km² |
| Land area¹: | 10,000 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions Areas between 10000 km² and 100000 km² are listed here An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
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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. Occitan ( IPA BrE: /ˈɒksɪtn/ AmE: /ˈɑksəˌtɑn/ known also as Lenga d'òc or Langue d'oc (native name occitan The Gironde is a navigable Estuary (often falsely referred to as a River) in southwest France and is formed from the meeting of the rivers Dordogne The Garonne (Garonne in Occitan, Catalan and Spanish: Garona; Garumna is a River in southwest France and northern Dordogne (Dordonha is a department in central France named after the Dordogne River. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Aquitaine (Aquitània Akitania archaic Guyenne / Guienne (Occitan Guiana) is one of the 26 Regions of France, in the south-western part of France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
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History
Gironde is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an It was created from parts of the former provinces of Guyenne and Gascogne. The Kingdom of France was organised into Provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département Aquitaine (Aquitània Akitania archaic Guyenne / Guienne (Occitan Guiana) is one of the 26 Regions of France, in the south-western part of Gascony (Gascogne gaskɔɲ Gascon Occitan: Gasconha, pronounced) is an area of southwest France that constituted a province of France
From 1793 to 1795, the department's name was changed to Bec-d'Ambès to avoid the association with the revolutionary party, the Girondists. The Girondists (in French Girondins, and sometimes Brissotins or "Baguettes" were a political faction in France within the Legislative
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. Aquitaine (Aquitània Akitania archaic Guyenne / Guienne (Occitan Guiana) is one of the 26 Regions of France, in the south-western part of Landes ( Occitan: Lanas) is a département in southern France. Lot-et-Garonne ( Occitan: Òlt e Garona) is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers Dordogne (Dordonha is a department in central France named after the Dordogne River. Charente ( Saintongeais: Chérente, Occitan: T'Charanto) is a department in western France named after the Charente Charente-Maritime is a department on the west coast of France named after the Charente River. 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. Côte d'Argent, French for the Silver Coast is a touristic name given to a section of the French Atlantic coast Surfing is a surface water sport in which the participant is carried along the face of a breaking wave, most commonly using a Surfboard, although wave-riders Lacanau is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.
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
- (English) Gironde at the Open Directory Project
- (French) Tourism Office website
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