Complex sentence: The small municipality (commune) of Bordeaux proper has a population of 239,399 (January 2011), but together with its suburbs and satellite towns Bordeaux forms the 6th-largest metropolitan area in France with a population of 1,140,668 at the January 2011 census.
Split into simpler sentences: The small municipality (commune) of Bordeaux proper has a population of 239,399 (January 2011),. The larger 6th-largest metropolitan area in France with a population of 1,140,668 at the January 2011 census.