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| For other functions, see Bordeaux (disambiguation). | WIKI |
| BordeauxPrefecture and communeClockwise from top: Place de la Bourse by the Garonne, Allxc3xa9es du Tourny and Maison du Vin, Pont de pierre on the Garonne, Meriadeck Commercial Centre, portal of City hall garden, and Saint-Andrxc3xa9 Cathedral with the Bordeaux tramway Coat of armsMotto(s):xc2xa0Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem. | WIKI |
| ")[1]Location of Bordeaux BordeauxShow map of FranceBordeauxShow map of Nouvelle-AquitaineCoordinates: 44xc2xb050xe2x80xb2N 0xc2xb035xe2x80xb2Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf44.84xc2xb0N 0.58xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 44.84; -0.58Coordinates: 44xc2xb050xe2x80xb2N 0xc2xb035xe2x80xb2Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf44.84xc2xb0N 0.58xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 44.84; -0.58CountryFranceRegionNouvelle-AquitaineDepartmentGirondeArrondissementBordeauxCanton5 cantonsIntercommunalityBordeaux Mxc3xa9tropoleGovernmentxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Mayor (2020xe2x80x932026) Pierre Hurmic[2] (The Greens)Area149.36xc2xa0km2 (19.06xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Urbanxc2xa0(2017)1,172.79xc2xa0km2 (452.82xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Metroxc2xa0(2017)5,613.41xc2xa0km2 (2,167.35xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)Populationxc2xa0(Jan.xc2xa02018)[3]257,068xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Rank9th in Francexc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Density5,200/km2 (13,000/sqxc2xa0mi)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Urbanxc2xa0(2017[4])927,445xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Urbanxc2xa0density790/km2 (2,000/sqxc2xa0mi)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Metroxc2xa0(2017[5])1,247,977xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Metroxc2xa0density220/km2 (580/sqxc2xa0mi)Demonym(s)BordelaisTime zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code33063 /Websitewww.bordeaux.fr UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficialxc2xa0nameBordeaux, Port of the MoonCriteriaCultural: ii, ivReference1256Inscription2007 (31st session)Area1,731 haBufferxc2xa0zone11,974 ha 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1xc2xa0km2 (0.386xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux (/bxc9x94xcbx90rxcbx88doxcax8a/ bor-DOH, French:xc2xa0[bxc9x94xcax81do] (listen); Gascon Occitan: Bordxc3xa8u [buxc9xbexcbx88xc3xb0xc9x9bw]) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department in Southwestern France. | WIKI |
| The municipality (commune) of Bordeaux proper has a population of 257,804 (2019). | WIKI |
| Bordeaux is the centre of Bordeaux Mxc3xa9tropole that has a population of 796,273 (2019), the fifth-largest in France after Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Lille with its immediate suburbs and closest satellite towns. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux is a world capital of wine,[6] with its castles and vineyards of the Bordeaux region that stand on the hillsides of the Gironde and is home to the world's main wine fair, Vinexpo. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux is also one of the centers of gastronomy[7] and business tourism for the organization of international congresses. | WIKI |
| A crossroads of knowledge through university research, it is home to one of the only two megajoule lasers in the world, as well as a university population of nearly 100,000 students within the Bordeaux metropolis. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux is an international tourist destination for its architectural and cultural heritage with more than 350 historic monuments,[9] making it, after Paris, the city with the most listed or registered monuments in France. | WIKI |
| [10] The metropolis has also received awards and rankings by international organizations such as in 1957, Bordeaux was awarded the Europe Prize for its efforts in transmitting the European ideal. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux is also ranked as a Sufficiency city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 History 1.1 5th century BC to 11th century AD 1.2 12th century to 15th century, the English era 1.3 15th century to 17th century 1.4 18th century, the golden era 1.5 French Revolution: political disruption and loss of the most profitable colony 1.6 19th century, rebirth of the economy 1.7 20th century 1.8 21st century, listed as World heritage 2 Geography 3 Climate 4 Economy 4.1 Wine 4.2 Others 4.3 Major companies 5 Population 6 Politics 6.1 Municipal administration 6.2 Mayors of Bordeaux 6.3 Elections 6.3.1 Presidential elections of 2007 6.3.2 Parliamentary elections of 2007 6.3.3 Municipal elections of 2008 6.3.4 European elections of 2009 6.3.5 2017 elections 6.3.6 2019 European elections 6.3.7 Municipal elections of 2020 6.4 Parliamentary representation 7 Education 7.1 University 7.2 Schools 7.3 Weekend education 8 Main sights 8.1 Heritage and architecture 8.2 Buildings 8.3 Contemporary architecture 8.4 Museums 8.5 Memory of slavery 8.6 Parks and gardens 8.7 Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas 8.8 Shopping 8.9 Culture 9 Transport 9.1 Road 9.2 Rail 9.3 Air 9.4 Trams, buses and boats 9.5 Taxis 9.6 Public transportation statistics 10 Sport 11 Notable people 12 International relationship 12.1 Twin towns xe2x80x93 sister cities 12.2 Partnerships 13 See also 14 References 15 Bibliography 16 External links | WIKI |
| See also: Timeline of Bordeaux | WIKI |
| Merovingian tremisses minted in Bordeaux by the Church of Saint-xc3x89tienne, late 6th century. | WIKI |
| Around 585 Gallactorius was made count of Bordeaux and fought the Basques. | WIKI |
| In 773, following his father Eudes's death, the Aquitanian duke Hunald led a rebellion to which Charles responded by launching an expedition that captured Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| Hunald's son Waifer replaced him and confirmed Bordeaux as the capital city (along with Bourges in the north). | WIKI |
| Charlemagne built the fortress of Fronsac (Frontiacus, Franciacus) near Bordeaux on a hill across the border with the Basques (Wascones), where Basque commanders came and pledged their loyalty (769). | WIKI |
| In 778, Seguin (or Sihimin) was appointed count of Bordeaux, probably undermining the power of the Duke Lupo, and possibly leading to the Battle of Roncevaux Pass[9]-. | WIKI |
| Under the Carolingians, sometimes the Counts of Bordeaux held the title concomitantly with that of Duke of Vasconia. | WIKI |
| In Autumn 845, the Vikings were raiding Bordeaux and Saintes, count Seguin II marched on them but was captured and executed. | WIKI |
| Although the port of Bordeaux was a buzzing trade center, the stability and success of the city was threatened by Viking and Norman incursions and political instability. | WIKI |
| From the 12th to the 15th century, Bordeaux flourished once more following the marriage of Elxc3xa9onore, Duchess of Aquitaine and the last of the House of Poitiers, to Henry II Plantagenxc3xaat, Count of Anjou and the grandson of Henry I of England, who succeeded to the English crown months after their wedding, bringing into being the vast Angevin Empire, which stretched from the Pyrenees to Ireland. | WIKI |
| In 1462, Bordeaux created a local parliament. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux adhered to the Fronde, being effectively annexed to the Kingdom of France only in 1653, when the army of Louis XIV entered the city. | WIKI |
| The 18th century saw another golden age of Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux was also a major trading centre for slaves. | WIKI |
| [19] In total, the Bordeaux shipowners deported 150,000 Africans in some 500 expeditions. | WIKI |
| During the purge, the local Montagnard Section renamed the city of Bordeaux "Commune-Franklin" (Franklin-municipality) in homage to Benjamin Franklin. | WIKI |
| The loss of this "Pearl" of the West Indies Pearl generated the collapse of Bordeaux's port economy, which was dependent on the colonial trade and trade in slaves. | WIKI |
| Towards the end of the Peninsula War of 1814, the Duke of Wellington sent William Beresford with two divisions and seized Bordeaux, encountering little resistance. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux was largely anti-Bonapartist and the majority supported the Bourbons. | WIKI |
| From the Bourbon Restoration, the economy of Bordeaux was rebuilt by traders and shipowners. | WIKI |
| They engaged to construct the first bridge of Bordeaux, and customs warehouses. | WIKI |
| Georges-Eugxc3xa8ne Haussmann, a longtime prefect of Bordeaux, used Bordeaux's 18th-century large-scale rebuilding as a model when he was asked by Emperor Napoleon III to transform the quasi-medieval Paris into a "modern" capital that would make France proud. | WIKI |
| Victor Hugo found the town so beautiful he said: "Take Versailles, add Antwerp, and you have Bordeaux". | WIKI |
| In 1870, at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian war against Prussia, the French government temporarily relocated to Bordeaux from Paris. | WIKI |
| During World War II, Bordeaux fell under the German occupation. | WIKI |
| In May and June 1940, Bordeaux was the site of the life-saving actions of the Portuguese consul-general, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, who illegally granted thousands of Portuguese visas, which were needed to pass the Spanish border, to refugees fleeing the German occupation. | WIKI |
| From 1941 to 1943, the Italian Royal Navy established BETASOM, a submarine base at Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| Unesco inscribed Bordeaux as "an inhabited historic city, an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble, created in the age of the Enlightenment, whose values continued up to the first half of the 20th century, with more protected buildings than any other French city except Paris". | WIKI |
| Bordeaux is located close to the European Atlantic coast, in the southwest of France and in the north of the Aquitaine region. | WIKI |
| In Bordeaux, the Garonne River is accessible to ocean liners through the Gironde estuary. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux's climate is classified as a temperate oceanic climate (Kxc3xb6ppen climate classification Cfb), or in the Trewartha climate classification system as temperate oceanic or Do climate. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux does lie close to the humid subtropical climate zone but its summers are not quite warm enough for that classification. | WIKI |
| [24] February 1956 was the coldest month on record with an average temperature of xe2x88x922,00xc2xa0xc2xb0C at Bordeaux Mxc3xa9rignac-Airport. | WIKI |
| Climate data for Bordeaux (BOD), elevation: 47xc2xa0m (154xc2xa0ft), 1981xe2x80x932010 normals, extremes 1920xe2x80x93present Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 20.2(68.4) 26.2(79.2) 27.7(81.9) 31.1(88.0) 35.4(95.7) 39.2(102.6) 41.2(106.2) 40.7(105.3) 37.0(98.6) 32.2(90.0) 26.7(80.1) 22.5(72.5) 41.2(106.2) Average high xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 10.1(50.2) 11.7(53.1) 15.1(59.2) 17.3(63.1) 21.2(70.2) 24.5(76.1) 26.9(80.4) 27.1(80.8) 24.0(75.2) 19.4(66.9) 13.7(56.7) 10.5(50.9) 18.5(65.3) Daily mean xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 6.6(43.9) 7.5(45.5) 10.2(50.4) 12.3(54.1) 16.1(61.0) 19.3(66.7) 21.3(70.3) 21.4(70.5) 18.5(65.3) 14.9(58.8) 9.9(49.8) 7.2(45.0) 13.8(56.8) Average low xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 3.1(37.6) 3.3(37.9) 5.4(41.7) 7.4(45.3) 11.0(51.8) 14.1(57.4) 15.8(60.4) 15.7(60.3) 12.9(55.2) 10.4(50.7) 6.1(43.0) 3.8(38.8) 9.1(48.4) Record low xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) xe2x88x9216.4(2.5) xe2x88x9214.8(5.4) xe2x88x929.9(14.2) xe2x88x925.3(22.5) xe2x88x921.8(28.8) 2.5(36.5) 5.2(41.4) 4.7(40.5) xe2x88x921.8(28.8) xe2x88x925.3(22.5) xe2x88x927.3(18.9) xe2x88x9213.4(7.9) xe2x88x9216.4(2.5) Average precipitation mm (inches) 87.3(3.44) 71.7(2.82) 65.3(2.57) 78.2(3.08) 80.0(3.15) 62.2(2.45) 49.9(1.96) 56.0(2.20) 84.3(3.32) 93.3(3.67) 110.2(4.34) 105.7(4.16) 944.1(37.17) Average precipitation days (xe2x89xa5 1.0 mm) 12.2 10.1 11.0 11.9 10.9 8.3 7.1 7.5 9.2 11.0 12.6 12.4 124.3 Average snowy days 2.1 2.6 1.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.7 9.2 Average relative humidity (%) 87 83 79 76 77 75 75 76 80 85 87 87 81 Mean monthly sunshine hours 96.0 114.9 169.7 182.1 217.4 238.7 248.5 242.3 202.7 147.2 94.4 81.8 2,035.4 Source: Meteo France[26][27] | WIKI |
| Climate data for Bordeaux (Bordeauxxe2x80x93Mxc3xa9rignac Airport), elevation: 47xc2xa0m or 154xc2xa0ft, 1961-1990 normals and extremes Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 19.1(66.4) 25.0(77.0) 27.7(81.9) 28.6(83.5) 32.6(90.7) 37.0(98.6) 38.8(101.8) 38.3(100.9) 37.0(98.6) 31.5(88.7) 24.7(76.5) 22.5(72.5) 38.8(101.8) Mean maximum xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 12.6(54.7) 16.3(61.3) 17.1(62.8) 19.5(67.1) 25.3(77.5) 29.3(84.7) 29.2(84.6) 29.4(84.9) 27.0(80.6) 21.4(70.5) 16.1(61.0) 14.4(57.9) 29.4(84.9) Average high xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 9.9(49.8) 11.1(52.0) 13.4(56.1) 16.1(61.0) 19.4(66.9) 23.2(73.8) 25.9(78.6) 25.5(77.9) 24.0(75.2) 19.3(66.7) 13.2(55.8) 10.0(50.0) 17.6(63.7) Daily mean xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 6.2(43.2) 7.5(45.5) 8.7(47.7) 11.2(52.2) 14.2(57.6) 17.7(63.9) 20.2(68.4) 19.6(67.3) 17.9(64.2) 14.3(57.7) 9.1(48.4) 6.6(43.9) 12.8(55.0) Average low xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 2.5(36.5) 3.6(38.5) 4.2(39.6) 6.3(43.3) 9.1(48.4) 12.4(54.3) 14.3(57.7) 13.9(57.0) 12.2(54.0) 9.2(48.6) 4.7(40.5) 3.2(37.8) 8.0(46.3) Mean minimum xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) xe2x88x923.1(26.4) xe2x88x921.8(28.8) xe2x88x920.1(31.8) 3.7(38.7) 7.8(46.0) 9.4(48.9) 12.4(54.3) 12.6(54.7) 9.2(48.6) 5.3(41.5) 2.0(35.6) xe2x88x920.4(31.3) xe2x88x923.1(26.4) Record low xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) xe2x88x9216.4(2.5) xe2x88x9213.2(8.2) xe2x88x929.9(14.2) xe2x88x923.0(26.6) xe2x88x920.5(31.1) 4.0(39.2) 6.9(44.4) 6.0(42.8) 2.2(36.0) xe2x88x921.7(28.9) xe2x88x927.3(18.9) xe2x88x9213.0(8.6) xe2x88x9216.4(2.5) Average precipitation mm (inches) 92.4(3.64) 86.9(3.42) 74.0(2.91) 69.4(2.73) 67.4(2.65) 51.3(2.02) 41.2(1.62) 45.3(1.78) 72.0(2.83) 67.8(2.67) 96.7(3.81) 79.7(3.14) 844.1(33.22) Average precipitation days (xe2x89xa5 1.0 mm) 13.1 11.5 11.7 11.2 11.1 8.5 6.7 8.3 9.0 10.1 11.9 12.3 125.4 Average snowy days 1.1 1.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 3.9 Average relative humidity (%) 88 84 78 76 77 76 75 76 79 85 87 88 80.8 Mean monthly sunshine hours 86.3 108.8 161.9 189.6 211.1 242.2 276.3 248.7 207.1 165.4 103.2 83.0 2,083.6 Percent possible sunshine 31 38 45 47 47 53 59 58 56 49 36 31 46 Source 1: NOAA[28] Source 2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity)[29] | WIKI |
| Bordeaux is a major centre for business in France as it has the sixth largest metropolitan population in France. | WIKI |
| As of 2014[update], the GDP of Bordeaux is xe2x82xac32.7xc2xa0billion. | WIKI |
| The vine was introduced to the Bordeaux region by the Romans, probably in the mid-first century, to provide wine for local consumption, and wine production has been continuous in the region since. | WIKI |
| With an annual production of approximately 960xc2xa0million bottles,[31] the Bordeaux area produces large quantities of everyday wine as well as some of the most expensive wines in the world. | WIKI |
| Both red and white wines are made in the Bordeaux region. | WIKI |
| White Bordeaux is made from Sauvignon blanc, Sxc3xa9millon, and Muscadelle. | WIKI |
| [citation needed] The "Road of the lasers", a major project of regional planning, promotes regional investment in optical and laser related industries leading to the Bordeaux area having the most important concentration of optical and laser expertise in Europe. | WIKI |
| Some 20,000 people work for the aeronautic industry in Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| Globelink.co.uk mentioned Bordeaux as the best tourist destination in Europe in 2015. | WIKI |
| This list includes indigenous Bordeaux-based companies and companies that have major presence in Bordeaux, but are not necessarily headquartered there. | WIKI |
| In January 2017, there were 254,436 inhabitants in the city proper (commune) of Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux had its largest population of 267,409 in 1921. | WIKI |
| [34] The majority of the population is French, but there are sizable groups of Italians, Spaniards (Up to 20% of the Bordeaux population claim some degree of Spanish heritage), Portuguese, Turks, Germans. | WIKI |
| The built-up area has grown for more than a century beyond the municipal borders of Bordeaux due to urban sprawl, so that by January 2017 there were 1,247,977 people living in the overall 5,613xc2xa0km2 (2,167xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi) metropolitan area (aire urbaine) of Bordeaux,[5] only a fifth of whom lived in the city proper. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux is the capital of five cantons and the Prefecture of the Gironde and Aquitaine. | WIKI |
| The headquarters of Urban Community of Bordeaux Mxc3xa9riadeck is located in the neighbourhood and the city is at the head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry that bears his name. | WIKI |
| The number of inhabitants of Bordeaux is greater than 250,000 and less than 299,999 so the number of municipal councilors is 65. | WIKI |
| Mayors of Bordeaux[edit] | WIKI |
| Since the Liberation (1944), there have been 6 mayors of Bordeaux: | WIKI |
| In the second round, the city of Bordeaux gave Sxc3xa9golxc3xa8ne Royal 52.44% against 47.56% for Nicolas Sarkozy, the latter being elected President of the Republic with 53.06% against 46.94% for Sxc3xa9golxc3xa8ne Royal. | WIKI |
| The abstention rates for Bordeaux were 14.52% in the first round and 15.90% in the second round. | WIKI |
| In Bordeaux, the left was for the first time in its history the majority as it held two of three constituencies following the elections. | WIKI |
| The defeat of the so-called constituency "Mayor" showed that Bordeaux was rocking increasingly left. | WIKI |
| In 2008 municipal elections saw the clash between mayor of Bordeaux, Alain Juppxc3xa9 and the President of the Regional Council of Aquitaine Socialist Alain Rousset. | WIKI |
| At present, of the eight cantons that has Bordeaux, five are held by the PS and three by the UMP, the left eating a little each time into the right's numbers. | WIKI |
| In the European elections of 2009, Bordeaux voters largely voted for the UMP candidate Dominique Baudis, who won 31.54% against 15.00% for PS candidate Kader Arif. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux is located in the district "Southwest", here are the results: | WIKI |
| At regional elections in 2010, the Socialist incumbent president Alain Rousset won the first round by totaling 35.19% in Bordeaux, but this score was lower than the plan for Gironde and Aquitaine. | WIKI |
| 2007 Presidential Election[38] Candidate 1st round 2nd round Bordeaux National Bordeaux National Nicolas Sarkozy 30.84% 31.18% 47.56% 53.06% Sxc3xa9golxc3xa8ne Royal 31.37% 25.87% 52.44% 46.94% Franxc3xa7ois Bayrou 22.01% 18.57% Jean-Marie Le Pen 5.42% 10.44% Total votes 85.48% 83.77% 84.10% 83.97% | WIKI |
| 2012 Presidential Election[39] Candidate 1st round 2nd round Bordeaux National Bordeaux National Franxc3xa7ois Hollande 33.05% 28.63% 57.18% 51.64% Nicolas Sarkozy 28.68% 27.18% 42.82% 48.36% Jean-Luc Mxc3xa9lenchon 12.16% 11.10% Franxc3xa7ois Bayrou 10.91% 9.13% Marine Le Pen 8.22% 17.90% Total votes 79.25% 79.48% 80.44% 80.35% | WIKI |
| Bordeaux voted for Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election. | WIKI |
| won most of the constituencies in Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux voted in the 2019 European Parliament election in France. | WIKI |
| University Bordeaux 2, former faculty of medicine, now faculty of sociology | WIKI |
| In 1441, when Bordeaux was an English town, the Pope Eugene IV created a university by demand of the archbishop Pey Berland. | WIKI |
| In Bordeaux, this one was located in the former buildings of the college of Guyenne. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux accommodates approximately 70,000 students on one of the largest campuses of Europe (235xc2xa0ha). | WIKI |
| The University Bordeaux 1, (Maths, Physical sciences and Technologies), 10,693 students in 2002 The University Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux Segalen (Medicine and Life sciences), 15,038 students in 2002 The University Bordeaux 3, Michel de Montaigne (Liberal arts, Humanities, Languages, History), 14,785 students in 2002 The University Bordeaux 4, Montesquieu (Law, Economy and Management), 12,556 students in 2002 Institut of Political Sciences of Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux has numerous public and private schools offering undergraduate and postgraduate programs. | WIKI |
| Arts et Mxc3xa9tiers ParisTech, graduate school of industrial and mechanical engineering ESME-Sudria, graduate school of engineering xc3x89cole d'ingxc3xa9nieurs en modxc3xa9lisation mathxc3xa9matique et mxc3xa9canique xc3x89cole nationale supxc3xa9rieure d'xc3xa9lectronique, informatique, txc3xa9lxc3xa9communications, mathxc3xa9matique et mxc3xa9canique de Bordeaux (ENSEIRB-MATMECA) xc3x89cole supxc3xa9rieure de technologie des biomolxc3xa9cules de Bordeaux xc3x89cole nationale d'ingxc3xa9nieurs des travaux agricoles de Bordeaux xc3x89cole nationale supxc3xa9rieure de chimie et physique de Bordeaux xc3x89cole pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies Institut des sciences et techniques des aliments de Bordeaux Institut de cognitique xc3x89cole supxc3xa9rieure d'informatique xc3x89cole privxc3xa9e des sciences informatiques | WIKI |
| The Bordeaux MBA (International College of Bordeaux) IUT Techniques de Commercialisation of Bordeaux (business school) INSEEC Business School (Institut des hautes xc3xa9tudes xc3xa9conomiques et commerciales) KEDGE Business School (former BEM xe2x80x93 Bordeaux Management School) Vatel Bordeaux International Business School E-Artsup Institut supxc3xa9rieur europxc3xa9en de gestion group Institut supxc3xa9rieur europxc3xa9en de formation par l'action | WIKI |
| xc3x89cole nationale de la magistrature (National school for the judiciary) xc3x89cole d'architecture et de paysage de Bordeaux xc3x89cole des beaux-arts de Bordeaux xc3x89cole franxc3xa7aise des attachxc3xa9s de presse et des professionnels de la communication (EFAP) Conservatoire national des arts et mxc3xa9tiers d'Aquitaine (CNAM) xc3x89cole des Avocats ALIENOR de Bordeaux (law school) | WIKI |
| The xc3x89cole Complemxc3xa9ntaire Japonaise de Bordeaux (xe3x83x9cxe3x83xabxe3x83x89xe3x83xbcxe6x97xa5xe6x9cxacxe8xaax9exe8xa3x9cxe7xbfx92xe6x8ex88xe6xa5xadxe6xa0xa1 Borudxc5x8d Nihongo Hoshxc5xab Jugyxc5x8d Kxc5x8d), a part-time Japanese supplementary school, is held in the Salle de L'Athenee Municipal in Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux is classified "City of Art and History". | WIKI |
| Bordeaux, Port of the Moon, has been inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List as "an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble". | WIKI |
| Bordeaux is home to one of Europe's biggest 18th-century architectural urban areas, making it a sought-after destination for tourists and cinema production crews. | WIKI |
| Basilica of Saint Severinus, the most ancient church in Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| Musxc3xa9e d'Aquitaine (archeological and history museum) Musxc3xa9e du Vin et du Nxc3xa9goce (museum of the wine trade) Musxc3xa9e des Arts Dxc3xa9coratifs et du Design (museum of decorative arts and design) Musxc3xa9e d'Histoire Naturelle (natural history museum) Musxc3xa9e Mer Marine (Sea and Navy museum) Citxc3xa9 du Vin CAPC musxc3xa9e d'art contemporain de Bordeaux (modern art museum) Musxc3xa9e national des douanes (history of French customs) Bordeaux Patrimoine Mondial (architectural and heritage interpretation centre)[45] Musxc3xa9e d'ethnologie (ethnology museum) Institut culturel Bernard Magrez, modern and streetart museum into an 18th-century mansion Cervantez Institute (into the house of Goya) Cap Sciences Centre Jean Moulin | WIKI |
| Musxc3xa9e des Beaux-Arts Musxc3xa9e d'Aquitaine Musxc3xa9e des Arts Dxc3xa9coratifs et du Design CAPC musxc3xa9e d'art contemporain de Bordeaux Musxc3xa9e du vin et du nxc3xa9goce de Bordeaux | WIKI |
| Firstly, during the 18th and 19th centuries, Bordeaux was an important slave port, which saw some 500 slave expeditions that cause the deportation of 150,000 Africans by Bordeaux shipowners. | WIKI |
| [46] Secondly, even though the "Triangular trade" represented only 5% of Bordeaux's wealth, the city's direct trade with the Caribbean, that accounted for the other 95%, concerns the colonial stuffs made by the slave (sugar, coffee, cocoa). | WIKI |
| Moreover, in May 2009, the Museum of Aquitaine opened the spaces dedicated to "Bordeaux in the 18th century, trans-Atlantic trading and slavery". | WIKI |
| The region of Bordeaux was also the land of several prominent abolitionists, as Montesquieu, Laffon deLadxc3xa9bat and Elisxc3xa9e Reclus. | WIKI |
| Allegory of Bordeaux and her wealth, including two African slaves, ceiling of the Grand-Thxc3xa9xc3xa2tre de Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| Bronze Statue of Modeste Testas, Ethiopian woman enslaved by two Bordeaux plantation owners. | WIKI |
| Jardin public de Bordeaux, with inside the Jardin botanique de Bordeaux Jardin botanique de la Bastide Parc bordelais Parc aux Angxc3xa9liques Jardin des Lumixc3xa8res Parc Rivixc3xa8re Parc Floral | WIKI |
| Europe's longest-span vertical-lift bridge, the Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas, was opened in 2013 in Bordeaux, spanning the River Garonne. | WIKI |
| The bridge was named after the late Jacques Chaban-Delmas, who was a former Prime Minister and Mayor of Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux has many shopping options. | WIKI |
| In the heart of Bordeaux is Rue Sainte-Catherine. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux is also the first city in France to have created, in the 1980s, an architecture exhibition and research centre, Arc en rxc3xaave. | WIKI |
| [citation needed] Bordeaux offers a large number of cinemas, theatres, and is the home of the Opxc3xa9ra national de Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux is an important road and motorway junction. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux has five road bridges that cross the Garonne, the Pont de pierre built in the 1820s and three modern bridges built after 1960: the Pont Saint Jean, just south of the Pont de pierre (both located downtown), the Pont d'Aquitaine, a suspended bridge downstream from downtown, and the Pont Franxc3xa7ois Mitterrand, located upstream of downtown. | WIKI |
| These two bridges are part of the ring road around Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| Lacking any steep hills, Bordeaux is relatively friendly to cyclists. | WIKI |
| Gare de Bordeaux Saint-Jean | WIKI |
| The main railway station, Gare de Bordeaux Saint-Jean, near the center of the city, has 12xc2xa0million passengers a year. | WIKI |
| The TGV also serves Toulouse and Irun (Spain) from Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| Subsequently, a double-track steel railway bridge was constructed in the 1850s, by Gustave Eiffel, to bring trains across the river direct into Gare de Bordeaux Saint-Jean. | WIKI |
| Since July 2017, the LGV Sud Europe Atlantique is fully operational and makes Bordeaux city 2h04 from Paris. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux is served by Bordeauxxe2x80x93Mxc3xa9rignac Airport, located 8xc2xa0km (5.0xc2xa0mi) from the city centre in the suburban city of Mxc3xa9rignac. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux has an important public transport system called Transports Bordeaux Mxc3xa9tropole (TBM). | WIKI |
| Work on the Tramway de Bordeaux system was started in the autumn of 2000, and services started in December 2003 connecting Bordeaux with its suburban areas. | WIKI |
| The planned Bordeaux tramway system is to link with the airport to the city centre towards the end of 2019. | WIKI |
| There are more than 400 taxicabs in Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in Bordeaux, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 51 min. | WIKI |
| The 41,458-capacity Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux is the largest stadium in Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| In the 1938 FIFA World Cup, it hosted a violent quarter-final known as the Battle of Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| There are two major sport teams in Bordeaux, Girondins de Bordeaux is the football team, playing in Ligue 1 in the French football championship. | WIKI |
| Union Bordeaux Bxc3xa8gles is a rugby team in the Top 14 in the Ligue Nationale de Rugby. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux is home to a beautiful quay which runs along the Garonne river. | WIKI |
| Bordeaux is also the home to one of the strongest cricket teams in France and are champions of the South West League. | WIKI |
| There is a 250xc2xa0m (820xc2xa0ft) wooden velodrome, Vxc3xa9lodrome du Lac, in Bordeaux which hosts international cycling competition in the form of UCI Track Cycling World Cup events. | WIKI |
| The 2015 Trophee Eric Bompard was in Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| Ausonius (310xe2x80x93395), Roman poet and teacher of rhetoric Jean Alaux (1786xe2x80x931864), painter Bertrand Andrieu (1761xe2x80x931822), engraver Jean Anouilh (1910xe2x80x931987), dramatist Lucien Arman (1811xe2x80x931873), shipbuilder and politician Yvonne Arnaud (1892xe2x80x931958), pianist, singer and actress Xavier Arnozan (1852xe2x80x931928), physician Floyd Ayitxc3xa9 (born 1988), Togolese footballer Jonathan Ayitxc3xa9 (born 1985), Togolese footballer Christine Barbe, winemaker Gxc3xa9rard Bayo (born 1936), writer and poet, Franxc3xa7ois Bigot (1703xe2x80x931778), last "Intendant" of New France Arnaud Binard (born 1971), actor and producer Rosa Bonheur (1822xe2x80x931899), animal painter and sculptor Grxc3xa9gory Bourdy (born 1982), golfer Samuel Boutal (born 1969), footballer Edmond de Caillou (died c. February 1316) Gascon knight fighting in Scotland Gxc3xa9rald Caussxc3xa9, Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Renxc3xa9 Clxc3xa9ment (1913xe2x80x931996), actor, director, writer Jean-Renxc3xa9 Cruchet (1875xe2x80x931959), pathologist Boris Cyrulnik (born 1937), psychiatrist et psychoanalyst Damia (1899xe2x80x931978), singer and actress xc3x89tienne Noxc3xabl Damilaville (1723xe2x80x931768), encyclopxc3xa9diste Lili Damita (1901xe2x80x931994), actress Frxc3xa9dxc3xa9ric Daquin, (born 1978), footballer Danielle Darrieux (born 1917), actress Bernard Delvaille (1931xe2x80x932006), poet, essayist David Diop (1927xe2x80x931960), poet Jean-Francois Domergue, footballer Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122xe2x80x931204), duchess of Aquitaine, queen of France and queen of England Jacques Ellul (1912xe2x80x931994), sociologist, theologian, Christian anarchist Marie Fel (1713xe2x80x931794), opera singer Jean-Luc Fournet (1965), papyrologist Pierre-Jean Garat (1762xe2x80x931823), singer Armand Gensonnxc3xa9 (1758xe2x80x931793), politician Stephen Girard (1750xe2x80x931831), merchant, banker, and Philadelphia philanthropist Jxc3xa9rxc3xb4me Gnako (born 1968), footballer Eugxc3xa8ne Goossens (1867xe2x80x931958), conductor, violinist Anna Hamilton (1864xe2x80x931935), doctor, superintendent of the Protestant Hospital at Bordeaux (1901xe2x80x931934) Pierre Lacour (1745xe2x80x931814), painter Lxc3xa9opold Lafleurance (1865xe2x80x931953), flautist Joseph Henri Joachim Lainxc3xa9 (1767xe2x80x931835), statesman Sainte Jeanne de Lestonnac (1556xe2x80x931640), Roman Catholic saint and foundress of the Sisters of the Company of Mary, Our Lady Andrxc3xa9 Lhote (1885xe2x80x931962), cubist painter Franxc3xa7ois Lhote (1743xe2x80x931808), architect Jean-Baptiste Lynch (1749xe2x80x931835), politician Lucenzo (born 1983), singer Jean-Jacques Magendie (1766xe2x80x931835), officer Franxc3xa7ois Magendie (1783xe2x80x931855), physiologist Bruno Marie-Rose (born 1965), athlete (sprinter) Albert Marquet, (1875xe2x80x931947), painter Franxc3xa7ois Mauriac (1885xe2x80x931970), writer, Nobel laureate 1952 Benjamin Millepied (born 1977), dancer and choreographer xc3x89douard Molinaro (1928xe2x80x932013), film director, screenwriter Pierre Molinier (1900xe2x80x931976), painter, photographer Michel de Montaigne (1533xe2x80x931592), essayist Montesquieu (1689xe2x80x931755), man of letters and political philosopher Olivier Mony (1966xe2x80x93), writer and literary critic xc3x89tienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty (1768xe2x80x931815), general Elie Okobo, basketball player Pierre Palmade (born 1968), actor and comedian St. Paulinus of Nola (354xe2x80x93431), educator, religious figure xc3x89mile Pxc3xa9reire (1800xe2x80x931875), banker and industrialist Sophie Pxc3xa9tronin (born 1945), aid worker and humanitarian Albert Pitres (1848xe2x80x931928), neurologist Hippolyte Pradelles (1824xe2x80x931913), naturalist painter Georges Antoine Pons Rayet (1839xe2x80x931906), astronomer, discoverer of the Wolf-Rayet stars, & founder of the Bordeaux Observatory Odilon Redon (1840xe2x80x931916), painter Richard II of England (1367xe2x80x931400), king Pierre Rode (1774xe2x80x931830), violinist Olinde Rodrigues (1795xe2x80x931851), mathematician, banker and social reformer Marie-Sabine Roger (born 1957), writer Bernard Sarrette (1765xe2x80x931858), conductor and music pedagogue Franxc3xa7ois Seignouret (1783xe2x80x931852), furniture manufacturer Jean-Jacques Sempxc3xa9 (born 1932), cartoonist Florent Serra (born 1981), tennis player Alfred Smith, (1854xe2x80x931932), painter Philippe Sollers, (born 1936), writer Wilfried Tekovi, (born 1989), Togolese footballer Elie Vinet (1509xe2x80x931587), historian and humanist of the Renaissance | WIKI |
| Alain Juppxc3xa9, Mayor of Bordeaux, visiting the twin town of Ashdod | WIKI |
| Wuhan pavilion at the Parc floral de Bordeaux | WIKI |
| Bordeaux is twinned with:[56][57][58] | WIKI |
| Bordeaux, Port of the Moon, is an outstanding example of the exchange of human values over more than two thousand years, due to its role as capital city of a world-famous wine production region and the importance of its port in commerce at regional and international levels. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ii): Bordeaux, Port of the Moon, constitutes an exceptional testimony to the exchange of human values over more than two thousand years. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): Bordeaux, Port of the Moon, represents an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble, created in the Age of Enlightenment, whose values have continued up to the first half of the 20th century. | UNESCO |
| Bordeaux is exceptional in the unity of its urban and architectural classical and neo-classical expression, which has not undergone any stylistic rupture over more than two centuries. | UNESCO |
| Due to its port, the city of Bordeaux has retained its original functions since its creation, as a city of exchange and commerce. | UNESCO |
| The City of Bordeaux has 347 listed buildings, referred to the law of 31 December 1913. | UNESCO |
| Several plans ensure the management and conservation of the property and take into account the following aspects: preserving the historic and heritage character, allowing the controlled evolution of the historic centre, unifying the various planning rules and contributing to the international significance of metropolitan Bordeaux. | UNESCO |