gironde

Gironde
Coat of Arms de la Gironde Details
Information
Number	33
Region	Aquitaine
Prefecture	Bordeaux
Subprefectures	Blaye Langon Lesparre-Mdoc Libourne
Population - Total (1999) - Density	Ranked 9th 1,287,334 129 /km
Area	10,000 km
Arrondissements	5
Cantons	63
Communes	542
President of the general council
Location
Location of de la Gironde in France

Gironde is a dpartement in the southwest of France named after the Gironde Estuary.

History

Gironde was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Guyenne and Gascogne. From 1793 to 1795, the name was changed to Bec-d'Ambs to avoid the association with the revolutionary party, the Girondins.

Geography

Gironde is part of the current region of Aquitaine and is surrounded by the departments of Landes, Lot-et-Garonne, Dordogne, and Charente-Maritime and the Atlantic Ocean on the west.

Miscellaneous topics

List of the communes of the Gironde dpartement

External links

Conseil Gnral website (in French)
Prefecture website (in French)
http://www.tourisme-gironde.cg33.fr/ (in French)

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