Arrondissement of Bordeaux
Bordeaux | |
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Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Gironde |
No. of communes | 62 |
Prefecture | Bordeaux |
Area | 1,521.8 km2 (587.6 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 991,393 |
INSEE code | 332 |
The arrondissement of Bordeaux is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Gironde département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital, and préfecture of the department, is the city of Bordeaux.
History
[change | change source]When the arrondissements of Gironde were created in 1800, Bordeaux was one of them in the Gironde department.[2]
Geography
[change | change source]The arrondissement of Bordeaux is in the centre of the Gironde department and it has an area of 1,521.8 km2 (588 sq mi),[3] and a population of 921,668 inhabitants; its population density is of 605.6 inhabitants/km².[4]
The arrondissement of Bordeaux is surrounded by other arrondissements of the department. It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement Blaye, to the northeast by the arrondissement Libourne, to the southeast by the arrondissement Langon, to the southwest by the arrondissement Arcachon and to the northwest by the arrondissement Lesparre-Médoc.
Composition
[change | change source]Cantons
[change | change source]After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Bordeaux, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: L'Entre-deux-Mers and Le Sud-Médoc. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
INSEE Code |
Canton | Arrondissements | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blaye | Bordeaux | Langon | Lesparre-Médoc | Libourne | Arcachon | |||
3302 | Bordeaux-1 | part of Bordeaux | part of Bordeaux | |||||
3303 | Bordeaux-2 | part of Bordeaux | part of Bordeaux | |||||
3304 | Bordeaux-3 | part of Bordeaux | part of Bordeaux | |||||
3305 | Bordeaux-4 | part of Bordeaux | part of Bordeaux | |||||
3306 | Bordeaux-5 | part of Bordeaux | part of Bordeaux | |||||
3307 | Le Bouscat | 2 | 2 | |||||
3308 | La Brède | 13 | 13 | |||||
3309 | Cenon | 3 | 3 | |||||
3311 | Créon | 23 | 23 | |||||
3312 | L'Entre-deux-Mers | 6 | 52 | 58 | ||||
3317 | Lormont | 5 | 5 | |||||
3318 | Mérignac-1 | 1 + part of Mérignac | 1 + part of Mérignac | |||||
3319 | Mérignac-2 | 2 + part of Mérignac | 2 + part of Mérignac | |||||
3323 | Pessac-1 | 2 + part of Pessac | 2 + part of Pessac | |||||
3324 | Pessac-2 | 1 + part of Pessac | 1 + part of Pessac | |||||
3325 | Les Portes du Médoc | 5 | 5 | |||||
3326 | La Presqu'île | 9 | 9 | |||||
3328 | Saint-Médard-en-Jalles | 3 | 3 | |||||
3330 | Le Sud-Médoc | 1 | 22 | 23 | ||||
3331 | Talence | 1 + part of Bègles | 1 + part of Bègles | |||||
3333 | Villenave-d'Ornon | 1 + part of Bègles | 1 + part of Bègles |
Communes
[change | change source]The arrondissement of Bordeaux has 82 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]
- Ambarès-et-Lagrave (33003)
- Ambès (33004)
- Artigues-près-Bordeaux (33013)
- Ayguemorte-les-Graves (33023)
- Bassens (33032)
- Baurech (33033)
- Beautiran (33037)
- Bègles (33039)
- Beychac-et-Caillau (33049)
- Blanquefort (33056)
- Blésignac (33059)
- Bonnetan (33061)
- Bordeaux (33063)
- Bouliac (33065)
- Bruges (33075)
- Cabanac-et-Villagrains (33077)
- Cadaujac (33080)
- Camarsac (33083)
- Cambes (33084)
- Camblanes-et-Meynac (33085)
- Canéjan (33090)
- Carbon-Blanc (33096)
- Carignan-de-Bordeaux (33099)
- Castres-Gironde (33109)
- Cénac (33118)
- Cenon (33119)
- Cestas (33122)
- Créon (33140)
- Croignon (33141)
- Cursan (33145)
- Eysines (33162)
- Fargues-Saint-Hilaire (33165)
- Floirac (33167)
- Gradignan (33192)
- Haux (33201)
- Isle-Saint-Georges (33206)
- La Brède (33213)
- La Sauve (33505)
- Latresne (33234)
- Le Bouscat (33069)
- Le Haillan (33200)
- Le Pian-Médoc (33322)
- Le Pout (33335)
- Le Taillan-Médoc (33519)
- Le Tourne (33534)
- Léognan (33238)
- Lignan-de-Bordeaux (33245)
- Lormont (33249)
- Loupes (33252)
- Ludon-Médoc (33256)
- Macau (33262)
- Madirac (33263)
- Martignas-sur-Jalle (33273)
- Martillac (33274)
- Mérignac (33281)
- Montussan (33293)
- Parempuyre (33312)
- Pessac (33318)
- Pompignac (33330)
- Quinsac (33349)
- Sadirac (33363)
- Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc (33376)
- Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux (33381)
- Saint-Genès-de-Lombaud (33408)
- Saint-Jean-d'Illac (33422)
- Saint-Léon (33431)
- Saint-Loubès (33433)
- Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand (33434)
- Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans (33448)
- Saint-Médard-en-Jalles (33449)
- Saint-Morillon (33454)
- Saint-Selve (33474)
- Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac (33483)
- Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (33487)
- Sainte-Eulalie (33397)
- Salleboeuf (33496)
- Saucats (33501)
- Tabanac (33518)
- Talence (33522)
- Tresses (33535)
- Villenave-d'Ornon (33550)
- Yvrac (33554)
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[4] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
---|---|---|---|---|
33063 | Bordeaux | 246,586 | Bordeaux-1, Bordeaux-2, Bordeaux-3 Bordeaux-4 and Bordeaux-5 |
Bordeaux Métropole |
33281 | Mérignac | 69,301 | Mérignac-1 and Mérignac-2 | Bordeaux Métropole |
33318 | Pessac | 61,514 | Pessac-1 and Pessacc-2 | Bordeaux Métropole |
33522 | Talence | 41,182 | Talence | Bordeaux Métropole |
33550 | Villenave-d'Ornon | 31,027 | Villenave-d'Ornon | Bordeaux Métropole |
33449 | Saint-Médard-en-Jalles | 29,779 | Saint-Médard-en-Jalles | Bordeaux Métropole |
33039 | Bègles | 26,437 | Talence and Villenave-d'Ornon | Bordeaux Métropole |
33192 | Gradignan | 24,841 | Pessacc-2 | Bordeaux Métropole |
33119 | Cenon | 24,039 | Cenon | Bordeaux Métropole |
33069 | Le Bouscat | 23,439 | Le Bouscat | Bordeaux Métropole |
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
- ↑ "Historique de la Gironde". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Bordeaux (332)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ↑ "Décret n° 2014-192 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Gironde" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Bordeaux (332)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 17 May 2017.