Gironde (Department, France)

Last modified: 2010-03-13 by ivan sache
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Administrative data

Code: 33
Region: Aquitaine
Traditional province: Guyenne and Gascony
Bordering departments: Charente-Maritime, Dordogne, Landes, Lot-et-Garonne

Area: 10,001 km²
Population (2009): 1,421,659 inhabitants

Préfecture: Bordeaux
Sous-préfectures: Arcachon, Blaye, Langon, Lesparre-Médoc, Libourne
Subdivisions: 6 arrondissements, 68 cantons, 542 communes.

The department is named after the estuary of Gironde (75 km), made by the confluency of rivers Garonne and Dordogne.

Ivan Sache, 11 November 2009