Gironde
French depairtment
Gironde (French pronunciation: [ʒiʁɔ̃d]; in Gascon Gironda) is a common name for the Gironde estuary, whaur the mooths o the Garonne an Dordogne rivers merge, an for a depairtment in the Aquitaine region situatit in soothwast Fraunce.
Gironde | ||
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 Prefectur biggin o the Gironde depairtment, in Bordeaux | ||
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 Location of Gironde in Fraunce | ||
| Coordinates: 44°50′N 0°40′W / 44.833°N 0.667°WCoordinates: 44°50′N 0°40′W / 44.833°N 0.667°W | ||
| Kintra | Fraunce | |
| Region | Aquitaine | |
| Prefectur | Bordeaux | |
| Subprefecturs | Arcachon Blaye Langon Lesparre-Médoc Libourne | |
| Govrenment | ||
| • Preses o the General Cooncil | Philippe Madrelle | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 10,000 km2 (4,000 sq mi) | |
| Population (2007) | ||
| • Tot | 1,409,345 | |
| • Rank | 8t | |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| Depairtment nummer | 33 | |
| Arrondissements | 6 | |
| Cantons | 63 | |
| Communes | 542 | |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lakes, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2 | ||
