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Bordeaux | |
Motto: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem. | |
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| Clockwise from top: Place de la Bourse by the Garonne, Allées du Tourny and Maison de Vin, Pierre Bridge on the Garonne, Meriadeck Commercial Centre, front of Palais Rohan Hotel, and Saint-André Cathedral with the Bordeaux tramway | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine |
| Department | Gironde |
| Arrondissement | Bordeaux |
| Canton | 5 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Bordeaux Métropole |
| Mayor | Nicolas Florian (LR) (2019–2020) |
| Statistics | |
| Land area1 | 49.36 km2 (19.06 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 252,040 (2016) |
| - Ranking | 9th in France |
| - Density | 5,106/km2 (13,220/sq mi) |
| Urban area | 1,172.79 km2 (452.82 sq mi) (2010) |
| - Population | 760,933 (January 2011) |
| Metro area | 5,613.41 km2 (2,167.35 sq mi) (2010) |
| - Population | 1,195,335(2013) |
| Website | www |
| Official name | Bordeaux, Port of the Moon |
| Criteria | Cultural: ii, iv |
| Reference | 1256 |
| Inscription | 2007 (31st Session) |
| Area | 1,731 ha |
| Buffer zone | 11,974 ha |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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