Bordeaux is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department of southwestern France, serving as capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is world famous as the center of one of the largest and most prestigious wine-growing regions on earth, with the surrounding vineyards and the historic river port that shipped their output shaping the city's economy and identity for centuries; its eighteenth-century core is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone FAQs
Why is Bordeaux a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
Because it is an outstanding Enlightenment-era urban and architectural ensemble.
UNESCO lists it as Bordeaux, Port of the Moon, an inhabited historic city and an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble created in the age of the Enlightenment. It has more protected buildings than any other French city except Paris. UNESCO also recognizes its historic role as a place of exchange of cultural values over more than 2,000 years.
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several campuses in the cities and towns of Bordeaux
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1. Bordeaux (Wikidata)
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elevation 6 m
2. Bordeaux (Wikipedia)
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The city of Bordeaux proper had a population of 267,991 in 2023 within its small municipal territory of 49 km2 (19 sq mi).
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49.36 km2 (19.06 sq mi)
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- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 3. Wikidata: Bordeaux
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View the Source4. GeoNames: Bordeaux - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3031582
44.84124 -0.58046 P PPLA FR 75 33 332 33063 265328 20 Europe/Paris
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Elevation ca. 20 m
View the Source 5. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
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44.75 -0.75 Cfb
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