Arrondissement of Bordeaux

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.

Bordeaux
Arrondissement
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentGironde
No. of communes62
PrefectureBordeaux
Area
1,521.8 km2 (587.6 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
991,393
INSEE code332

History

When the arrondissements of Gironde were created in 1800, Bordeaux was one of them in the Gironde department.[2]

Geography

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

Cantons

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:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Bordeaux
INSEE
Code		CantonArrondissementsTotal
BlayeBordeauxLangonLesparre-MédocLibourneArcachon
3302Bordeaux-1part of Bordeauxpart of Bordeaux
3303Bordeaux-2part of Bordeauxpart of Bordeaux
3304Bordeaux-3part of Bordeauxpart of Bordeaux
3305Bordeaux-4part of Bordeauxpart of Bordeaux
3306Bordeaux-5part of Bordeauxpart of Bordeaux
3307Le Bouscat22
3308La Brède1313
3309Cenon33
3311Créon2323
3312L'Entre-deux-Mers65258
3317Lormont55
3318Mérignac-11 + part of Mérignac1 + part of Mérignac
3319Mérignac-22 + part of Mérignac2 + part of Mérignac
3323Pessac-12 + part of Pessac2 + part of Pessac
3324Pessac-21 + part of Pessac1 + part of Pessac
3325Les Portes du Médoc55
3326La Presqu'île99
3328Saint-Médard-en-Jalles33
3330Le Sud-Médoc12223
3331Talence1 + part of Bègles1 + part of Bègles
3333Villenave-d'Ornon1 + part of Bègles1 + part of Bègles

Communes

The arrondissement of Bordeaux has 82 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]

  1. Ambarès-et-Lagrave (33003)
  2. Ambès (33004)
  3. Artigues-près-Bordeaux (33013)
  4. Ayguemorte-les-Graves (33023)
  5. Bassens (33032)
  6. Baurech (33033)
  7. Beautiran (33037)
  8. Bègles (33039)
  9. Beychac-et-Caillau (33049)
  10. Blanquefort (33056)
  11. Blésignac (33059)
  12. Bonnetan (33061)
  13. Bordeaux (33063)
  14. Bouliac (33065)
  15. Bruges (33075)
  16. Cabanac-et-Villagrains (33077)
  17. Cadaujac (33080)
  18. Camarsac (33083)
  19. Cambes (33084)
  20. Camblanes-et-Meynac (33085)
  21. Canéjan (33090)
  22. Carbon-Blanc (33096)
  23. Carignan-de-Bordeaux (33099)
  24. Castres-Gironde (33109)
  25. Cénac (33118)
  26. Cenon (33119)
  27. Cestas (33122)
  28. Créon (33140)
  29. Croignon (33141)
  30. Cursan (33145)
  31. Eysines (33162)
  32. Fargues-Saint-Hilaire (33165)
  33. Floirac (33167)
  34. Gradignan (33192)
  35. Haux (33201)
  36. Isle-Saint-Georges (33206)
  37. La Brède (33213)
  38. La Sauve (33505)
  39. Latresne (33234)
  40. Le Bouscat (33069)
  41. Le Haillan (33200)
  42. Le Pian-Médoc (33322)
  43. Le Pout (33335)
  44. Le Taillan-Médoc (33519)
  45. Le Tourne (33534)
  46. Léognan (33238)
  47. Lignan-de-Bordeaux (33245)
  48. Lormont (33249)
  49. Loupes (33252)
  50. Ludon-Médoc (33256)
  51. Macau (33262)
  52. Madirac (33263)
  53. Martignas-sur-Jalle (33273)
  54. Martillac (33274)
  55. Mérignac (33281)
  56. Montussan (33293)
  57. Parempuyre (33312)
  58. Pessac (33318)
  59. Pompignac (33330)
  60. Quinsac (33349)
  61. Sadirac (33363)
  62. Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc (33376)
  63. Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux (33381)
  64. Saint-Genès-de-Lombaud (33408)
  65. Saint-Jean-d'Illac (33422)
  66. Saint-Léon (33431)
  67. Saint-Loubès (33433)
  68. Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand (33434)
  69. Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans (33448)
  70. Saint-Médard-en-Jalles (33449)
  71. Saint-Morillon (33454)
  72. Saint-Selve (33474)
  73. Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac (33483)
  74. Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (33487)
  75. Sainte-Eulalie (33397)
  76. Salleboeuf (33496)
  77. Saucats (33501)
  78. Tabanac (33518)
  79. Talence (33522)
  80. Tresses (33535)
  81. Villenave-d'Ornon (33550)
  82. Yvrac (33554)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
33063Bordeaux246,586Bordeaux-1, Bordeaux-2, Bordeaux-3
Bordeaux-4 and Bordeaux-5		Bordeaux Métropole
33281Mérignac69,301Mérignac-1 and Mérignac-2Bordeaux Métropole
33318Pessac61,514Pessac-1 and Pessacc-2Bordeaux Métropole
33522Talence41,182TalenceBordeaux Métropole
33550Villenave-d'Ornon31,027Villenave-d'OrnonBordeaux Métropole
33449Saint-Médard-en-Jalles29,779Saint-Médard-en-JallesBordeaux Métropole
33039Bègles26,437Talence and Villenave-d'OrnonBordeaux Métropole
33192Gradignan24,841Pessacc-2Bordeaux Métropole
33119Cenon24,039CenonBordeaux Métropole
33069Le Bouscat23,439Le BouscatBordeaux Métropole

References
  1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "Historique de la Gironde". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. "Arrondissement de Bordeaux (332)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.

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