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.

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

Geography
The arrondissement of Bordeaux is in the centre of the Gironde department and it has an area of , and a population of 921,668 inhabitants; its population density is of  inhabitants/km².

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, 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:

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

 Ambarès-et-Lagrave (33003)
 Ambès (33004)
 Artigues-près-Bordeaux (33013)
 Ayguemorte-les-Graves (33023)
 Bassens (33032)
 Baurech (33033)
 Beautiran (33037)
 Bègles (33039)
 Beychac-et-Caillau (33049)
 Blanquefort (33056)
 Blésignac (33059)
 Bonnetan (33061)
 Bordeaux (33063)
 Bouliac (33065)
 Bruges (33075)
 Cabanac-et-Villagrains (33077)
 Cadaujac (33080)
 Camarsac (33083)
 Cambes (33084)
 Camblanes-et-Meynac (33085)
 Canéjan (33090)
 Carbon-Blanc (33096)
 Carignan-de-Bordeaux (33099)
 Castres-Gironde (33109)
 Cénac (33118)
 Cenon (33119)
 Cestas (33122)
 Créon (33140)
 Croignon (33141)
 Cursan (33145)
 Eysines (33162)
 Fargues-Saint-Hilaire (33165)
 Floirac (33167)
 Gradignan (33192)
 Haux (33201)
 Isle-Saint-Georges (33206)
 La Brède (33213)
 La Sauve (33505)
 Latresne (33234)
 Le Bouscat (33069)
 Le Haillan (33200)
 Le Pian-Médoc (33322)
 Le Pout (33335)
 Le Taillan-Médoc (33519)
 Le Tourne (33534)
 Léognan (33238)
 Lignan-de-Bordeaux (33245)
 Lormont (33249)
 Loupes (33252)
 Ludon-Médoc (33256)
 Macau (33262)
 Madirac (33263)
 Martignas-sur-Jalle (33273)
 Martillac (33274)
 Mérignac (33281)
 Montussan (33293)
 Parempuyre (33312)
 Pessac (33318)
 Pompignac (33330)
 Quinsac (33349)
 Sadirac (33363)
 Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc (33376)
 Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux (33381)
 Saint-Genès-de-Lombaud (33408)
 Saint-Jean-d'Illac (33422)
 Saint-Léon (33431)
 Saint-Loubès (33433)
 Saint-Louis-de-Montferrand (33434)
 Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans (33448)
 Saint-Médard-en-Jalles (33449)
 Saint-Morillon (33454)
 Saint-Selve (33474)
 Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac (33483)
 Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (33487)
 Sainte-Eulalie (33397)
 Salleboeuf (33496)
 Saucats (33501)
 Tabanac (33518)
 Talence (33522)
 Tresses (33535)
 Villenave-d'Ornon (33550)
 Yvrac (33554)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Gironde department
 Communes of the Gironde department

References

Bordeaux