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 | |
 Coat airms | |
 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 | 10000 km2 (4,000 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 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 | |