Bordeaux
Bordeaux (Template:IPA-fr; Gascon: Bordèu) is a port ceety on the Garonne River in soothwast Fraunce, wi an estimatit (2008) population o 250,082. The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan aurie, haes a population o 1,010,000 an constitutes the saxt-lairgest urban aurie in Fraunce. It is the caipital o the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur o the Gironde depairtment. Its inhabitants are cried Bordelais.
Bordeaux is the warld's major wine industry caipital. It is hame tae the warld's main wine fair, Vinexpo,[1] while the wine economy in the metro aurie moves 14.5 billion euros each year.[2] Bordeaux wine haes been produced in the region syne the aicht century. The historic pairt o the ceety is on the UNESCO Warld Heritage Leet as "an ootstaundin urban an architectural ensemble" o the 18t century.[3]
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[edit] Internaitional relationship
[edit] Twin touns - sister ceeties
Bordeaux is twinned wi:
Bristol, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1947[4]
Lima, Peru, syne 1957
Quebec Ceety, Canadae, syne 1962
Munich, Germany, syne 1964
Los Angeles, Unitit States, syne 1968
Porto, Portugal, syne 1978[5]
Fukuoka, Japan, syne 1982
Bilbao, Spain- Madrid, Spain, syne 1984
Ashdod, Israel, syne 1984
Baku, Azerbaijan, syne 1985
Casablanca, Morocco, syne 1988
Wuhan, Cheenae, syne 1998
Oran, Algerie, syne 2003
Zahlé, Lebanon, syne 2006
[edit] Pairtnerships
Saunt Petersburg, Roushie, syne 1993[6]
Kraków, Poland, syne 1993 [7]
Riga, Latvie[8]
Samsun, Turkey, syne 2010[9]
[edit] References
- ↑ http://www.vinexpo.com/en/a-propos/historique
- ↑ http://www.ventoris.fr/portage_salarial_bordeaux.php
- ↑ "In Pictures | In pictures: New World Heritage sites", BBC News, 2007-06-28. Retrieved on 5 Mey 2009..
- ↑ Bristol City - Town twinning. © 2009 Bristol City Council. Retrieved on 17 Julie 2009. .
- ↑ International Relations of the City of Porto. © 2006-2009 Municipal Directorateofthe PresidencyServices InternationalRelationsOffice. Retrieved on 10 Julie 2009. .
- ↑ Saint Petersburg in figures - International and Interregional Ties. Saint Petersburg City Government. Retrieved on 23 Mairch 2008. .
- ↑ Kraków otwarty na świat. www.krakow.pl. Retrieved on 19 Julie 2009. .
- ↑ Twin cities of Riga. Riga City Council. Retrieved on 27 Julie 2009. .
- ↑ Samsun- Bordeaux işbirliği sözleşmesini imzalandı (Turkish). HaberExen.com. Retrieved on 22 November 2010. .
[edit] Freemit airtins
