Gironde
Gironde | |
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Prefectur biggin o the Gironde depairtment, in Bordeaux | |
![]() 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 | Nouvelle-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 |
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.