Bordeaux

**Bordeaux** is a city in the Gironde department of France. It is on the Garonne River near the Atlantic Ocean. About 1,150,000 people live in the area around the city. Bordeaux has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb in the Koeppen climate classification). It is famous for wines made in the region near the city. Bordeaux is also famous for its art.

Bordeaux is classified as a "City of Art and History". The city is home to 362 _monuments historiques_. Some buildings date back to Roman times. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

## History

In about 300 BC Bordeaux was the settlement of a Celtic tribe.  They named the town **Burdigala**.
The Romans began rule of the city around 60 BC. Later it became capital of Roman Aquitaine. In the 400s the city was looted by the Vandals, Visigoths, and Franks.

After the Battle of Poitiers, Duke Eudes was able to hold only a small part of Aquitaine where Bordeaux was located. It became one of the last cities to fall under King Pepin the Short.

Bordeaux once again became an important city after the marriage of Duchess Eléonore of Aquitaine with Count Henri Plantagenet. He became King Henry II of England only months after their marriage.

In 1653 Bordeaux was added to the Kingdom of France, when the army of Louis XIV entered the city.

In 1870 the French government moved to Bordeaux for a time. This was at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian war against Prussia. The temporary move happened again during World War I and again very briefly during the World War II.

## Education

- École nationale supérieure d'électronique, informatique, télécommunications, mathématiques et mécanique de Bordeaux
- École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies
- École spéciale de mécanique et électricité
- Institut supérieur européen de gestion group
- E-Artsup
- Institut supérieur européen de formation par l'action
- University of Bordeaux 1
- Kedge Business School

## Sister cities

Bordeaux is twinned with:

## Infobox (unesco world heritage site)

- **child**: yes
- **official name**: Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
- **id**: 1256
- **criteria**: Cultural: ii, iv
- **year**: 2007
- **area**: 1,731 ha
- **buffer zone**: 11,974 ha


## Infobox (french commune)

- **name**: Bordeaux
- **common name**: Bordeaux
- **demonym**: Bordelais
- **commune status**: Prefectures of France, Prefecture and Communes of France, commune
- **image size**: 250
- **caption**: Clockwise from top: Place de la Bourse by the Garonne, Allées du Tourny and Maison de Vin, Pont de pierre (Bordeaux), Pierre Bridge on the Garonne, Meriadeck Commercial Centre, front of Palais Rohan Hotel, and Bordeaux Cathedral, Saint-André Cathedral with the Bordeaux tramway
- **image coat of arms**: Coat of Arms of Bordeaux.svg
- **city motto**: _Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem._
"The fleur-de-lis alone rules over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion" (in French: « Les lys règnent seuls sur la lune, les ondes, la forteresse et le lion. »)
- **insee**: 33063
- **arrondissement**: Bordeaux
- **canton**: Cantons of Bordeaux, 5 cantons
- **intercommunality**: Bordeaux Métropole
- **mayor**: Nicolas Florian
- **party**: The Republicans (France), LR
- **term**: 2019–2020
- **area km2**: 49.36
- **population date**: 2016
- **population**: 252,040
- **population ranking**: List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 9th in France
- **urban area km2**: 1172.79
- **urban area date**: 2010
- **urban pop**: 760,933
- **urban pop date**: January 2011
- **metro area km2**: 5613.41
- **metro area date**: 2010
- **metro area pop**: 1,195,335
- **metro area pop date**: 2013


## Infobox (world heritage site)

- **name**: Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
- **type**: Cultural
- **criteria**: ii, iv
- **id**: 1256
- **link**: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1256
- **region**: List of World Heritage Sites in Europe, Europe and North America
- **year**: 2007