Bordeaux

Bordeaux (; Gascon: Bordèu) is a port ceety on the Garonne River in soothwast Fraunce, wi an estimatit (2008) population o 250,082. The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan aurie, haes a population o 1,010,000 an constitutes the saxt-lairgest urban aurie in Fraunce. It is the caipital o the region o New Aquitaine, as well as the prefectur o the Gironde depairtment. Its inhabitants are cried Bordelais.

Bordeaux is the warld's major wine industry caipital. It is hame tae the warld's main wine fair, Vinexpo,http://www.vinexpo.com/en/a-propos/historique  while the wine economy in the metro aurie moves 14.5 billion euros each year.http://www.ventoris.fr/portage_salarial_bordeaux.php Bordeaux wine haes been produced in the region syne the aicht century. The historic pairt o the ceety is on the UNESCO Warld Heritage Leet as "an ootstaundin urban an architectural ensemble" o the 18t century.

 Internaitional relationship 
 Twin touns - sister ceeties 

Bordeaux is twinned wi:
  Bristol, Unitit Kinrick, syne 1947
  Lima, Peru, syne 1957
  Quebec Ceety, Canadae, syne 1962
  Munich, Germany, syne 1964
  Los Angeles, Unitit States, syne 1968
  Porto, Portugal, syne 1978
  Fukuoka, Japan, syne 1982
  Bilbao, Spain
  Madrid, Spain, syne 1984
  Ashdod, Israel, syne 1984
  Baku, Azerbaijan, syne 1985
  Casablanca, Morocco, syne 1988
  Wuhan, Cheenae, syne 1998
  Oran, Algerie, syne 2003
  Zahlé, Lebanon, syne 2006

 Pairtnerships 
  Saunt Petersburg, Roushie, syne 1993</small>
  Kraków, Poland, syne 1993 </small>
  Riga, Latvie
  Samsun, Turkey, syne 2010

 References 

 Freemit airtins 

 Bordeaux ceety cooncil wabsteid
 Tourist office wabsteid


Category:Communes o Gironde