Gironde
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| Gironde Gironda (Occitan) |
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| Department of France | |||
Prefecture building in Bordeaux
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 Location of Gironde in France |
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| Country | France | ||
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | ||
| Prefecture | Bordeaux | ||
| Subprefectures | Arcachon Blaye Langon Lesparre-Médoc Libourne |
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| Government | |||
| • President of the Departmental Council | Jean-Luc Gleyze (PS) | ||
| Area1 | |||
| • Total | 10,000 km2 (4,000 sq mi) | ||
| Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | |||
| • Total | Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'. | ||
| • Rank | 7th | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Department number | 33 | ||
| Arrondissements | 6 | ||
| Cantons | 33 | ||
| Communes | 535 | ||
| ^1 French Land Register data, which excludes estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2. | |||
Gironde (/ʒɪˈrɒnd/ ZHI-rond[2] US usually, /dʒɪˈ-/ JI--,[3][4] French: [ʒiʁɔ̃d] (
listen); Occitan: Gironda, pronounced [dʒiˈɾundo]) is the largest department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the Gironde estuary, a major waterway, its prefecture is Bordeaux. In 2016, it had a population of 1,566,679. The famous Bordeaux wine region is in Gironde. It has six arrondissements, making it one of the departments with the most arrondissements (Nord also has six, while Pas-de-Calais has the most of any department, with seven).
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History
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1801 | 502,723 | — |
| 1806 | 522,371 | +0.77% |
| 1821 | 522,041 | −0.00% |
| 1831 | 554,225 | +0.60% |
| 1841 | 568,034 | +0.25% |
| 1851 | 614,387 | +0.79% |
| 1861 | 667,193 | +0.83% |
| 1872 | 705,149 | +0.50% |
| 1881 | 748,703 | +0.67% |
| 1891 | 793,528 | +0.58% |
| 1901 | 821,131 | +0.34% |
| 1911 | 829,095 | +0.10% |
| 1921 | 819,128 | −0.12% |
| 1931 | 852,768 | +0.40% |
| 1936 | 850,567 | −0.05% |
| 1946 | 858,381 | +0.09% |
| 1954 | 896,517 | +0.54% |
| 1962 | 935,448 | +0.53% |
| 1968 | 1,009,390 | +1.28% |
| 1975 | 1,061,480 | +0.72% |
| 1982 | 1,127,546 | +0.87% |
| 1990 | 1,213,499 | +0.92% |
| 1999 | 1,287,532 | +0.66% |
| 2006 | 1,393,758 | +1.14% |
| 2016 | 1,566,679 | +1.18% |
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Gironde is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Guyenne and Gascony.
From 1793 to 1795, the department's name was changed to Bec-d'Ambès to avoid the association with the Girondist political party of the French Revolution.
Geography
Gironde is part of the current region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine and is surrounded by the departments of Landes, Lot-et-Garonne, Dordogne and Charente-Maritime and the Atlantic Ocean on the west. With an area of 10,000 km2, Gironde is the largest department in metropolitan France. If overseas departments are included, however, Gironde's land area is dwarfed by the 83,846 km2 of French Guiana.
Gironde is well known for the Côte d'Argent beach which is Europe's longest, attracting many surfers to Lacanau each year. It is also the birthplace of Jacques-Yves Cousteau who studied the sea and all forms of life in water.
The Great Dune of Pyla in Arcachon Bay near Bordeaux is the tallest sand dune in Europe.[6]
Politics
The President of the Departmental Council is Jean-Luc Gleyze of the Socialist Party.
| Party | seats | |
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| • | Socialist Party | 45 |
| The Republicans | 12 | |
| • | French Communist Party | 3 |
| Miscellaneous Right | 1 | |
| MoDem | 1 | |
| Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition | 1 | |
Current National Assembly Representatives
Tourism
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Château de la Brède, birthplace of Montesquieu
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The Gironde estuary seen from the citadel of Blaye
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Les Grottes de Ferrand.jpg
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Château des Freytets nouveau château d'Eck cadaujac.JPG
See also
- Cantons of the Gironde department
- Communes of the Gironde department
- Arrondissements of the Gironde department
- Bordeaux wine regions
- Château du Mirail (Brouqueyran)
References
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- ↑ Site sur la Population et les Limites Administratives de la France
- ↑ C.G. (14 August 2009). Les Adresses de Mathilde Seigner et Fabien Onteniente. Le Figaro Magazine. Script error: No such module "In lang".
- ↑ http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/
External links
- Script error: No such module "In lang". General Council website Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Script error: No such module "In lang". Prefecture website
- Script error: No such module "In lang". Gironde at Curlie
- Script error: No such module "In lang". Tourism Office website
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