Arrondissements of the Gironde department

There are 6 arrondissements in the Gironde department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs).  The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.

If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.

Arrondissements are further divided into communes.

The 6 arrondissements of Gironde are:

 INSEEcode  Arrondissement  Capital  Population(2014) Area(km²)  Density(Inh./km²)  Communes 331  Blaye  Blaye  88,115  782.4    63 332  Bordeaux  Bordeaux  921,668  1,521.8    82 333  Langon  Langon  130,911  2,644.3    197 334  Lesparre-Médoc  Lesparre-Médoc  86,560  2,274.4    50 335  Libourne  Libourne  152,602  1,282.9    129 336  Arcachon  Arcachon  146,160  1,469.8    17

History
Since its creation, the Gironde department has had some changes:
 1790 : creation of the Gironde department with seven districts: Bordeaux, Libourne, La Réole, Bazas, Cadillac, Blaye and Lesparre. Bordeaux was the capital of the department.
 1800 : creation of the arrondissements: Bordeaux, Bazas, Blaye, Lesparre, Libourne, La Réole.
 1926 : the arrondissements of Lesparre and La Réole were eliminated; the subprefecture of Bazas was moved to Langon.
 1942 : Lesparre is again an arrondissement of the department with the name of Lesparre-Médoc.
 2006 (6 December) : creation of the arrondissement of Arcachon.

References

Gironde
Category:Lists of arrondissements of France