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Gironde

Also known as Bec-d'Ambès, Gironda, Department of Gironde

Gironde ( , US usually ; ; , ) is the largest department in the southwestern French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Named after the Gironde estuary, a major waterway, its prefecture is Bordeaux. In 2023, it had a population of 1,690,493. 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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Gironde is the largest department in southwestern France, centered around the city of Bordeaux and named after the Gironde estuary. It is significant as the location of the famous Bordeaux wine region and one of France's most administratively divided departments.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Gironde
Settlement.type: Department of France
Settlement.image_skyline: Bordeaux Hôtel de préfecture de la Gironde.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Prefecture building in Bordeaux
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Gironde.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Blason département fr Gironde.svg
Settlement.image_map: Gironde-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Gironde in France
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: France
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Settlement.seat_type: Prefecture
Settlement.seat: Bordeaux
Settlement.parts_type: Subprefectures
Settlement.parts_style: para
Settlement.p1: ArcachonBlayeLangonLesparre-MédocLibourne
Settlement.leader_party: PS

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Geography
Demographics
Principal towns
Politics
Current National Assembly Representatives
Tourism
See also
References
External links

==History== 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.

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