Arrondissement of Bordeaux

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.

### 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_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="6" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3302|Bordeaux-1||part of Bordeaux|||||part of Bordeaux|
|3303|Bordeaux-2||part of Bordeaux|||||part of Bordeaux|
|3304|Bordeaux-3||part of Bordeaux|||||part of Bordeaux|
|3305|Bordeaux-4||part of Bordeaux|||||part of Bordeaux|
|3306|Bordeaux-5||part of Bordeaux|||||part of Bordeaux|
|3307|Le Bouscat||2|||||**2**|
|3308|La Brède||13|||||**13**|
|3309|Cenon||3|||||**3**|
|3311|Créon||23|||||**23**|
|3312|L'Entre-deux-Mers||6|52||||**58**|
|3317|Lormont||5|||||**5**|
|3318|Mérignac-1||1 + part of Mérignac|||||**1** + part of Mérignac|
|3319|Mérignac-2||2 + part of Mérignac|||||**2** + part of Mérignac|
|3323|Pessac-1||2 + part of Pessac|||||**2** + part of Pessac|
|3324|Pessac-2||1 + part of Pessac|||||**1** + part of Pessac|
|3325|Les Portes du Médoc||5|||||**5**|
|3326|La Presqu'île||9|||||**9**|
|3328|Saint-Médard-en-Jalles||3|||||**3**|
|3330|Le Sud-Médoc||1||22|||**23**|
|3331|Talence||1 + part of Bègles|||||**1** + part of Bègles|
|3333|Villenave-d'Ornon||1 + part of Bègles|||||**1** + part of Bègles|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Bordeaux has 82 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

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

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:
|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|33063|Bordeaux|246,586|Bordeaux-1, Bordeaux-2, Bordeaux-3 Bordeaux-4 and Bordeaux-5 || Bordeaux Métropole||
|33281|Mérignac|69,301|Mérignac-1 and Mérignac-2|Bordeaux Métropole|
|33318|Pessac|61,514|Pessac-1 and Pessacc-2|Bordeaux Métropole|
|33522|Talence|41,182|Talence|Bordeaux Métropole|
|33550|Villenave-d'Ornon|31,027|Villenave-d'Ornon|Bordeaux Métropole|
|33449|Saint-Médard-en-Jalles|29,779|Saint-Médard-en-Jalles|Bordeaux Métropole|
|33039|Bègles|26,437|Talence and Villenave-d'Ornon|Bordeaux Métropole|
|33192|Gradignan|24,841|Pessacc-2|Bordeaux Métropole|
|33119|Cenon|24,039|Cenon|Bordeaux Métropole|
|33069|Le Bouscat|23,439|Le Bouscat|Bordeaux Métropole|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Gironde department
- Communes of the Gironde department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Bordeaux
- **insee**: 332
- **nbcomm**: 62
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Bordeaux
- **area**: 1521.8
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Bordeaux 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine