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.

Composition
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:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Bordeaux INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Blaye  Bordeaux  Langon  Lesparre-Médoc  Libourne  Arcachon3302 Bordeaux-1part of Bordeauxpart of Bordeaux3303 Bordeaux-2part of Bordeauxpart of Bordeaux3304 Bordeaux-3part of Bordeauxpart of Bordeaux3305 Bordeaux-4part of Bordeauxpart of Bordeaux3306 Bordeaux-5part of Bordeauxpart of Bordeaux3307 Le Bouscat223308 La Brède13133309 Cenon333311 Créon23233312 L'Entre-deux-Mers652583317 Lormont553318 Mérignac-11 + part of Mérignac1 + part of Mérignac3319 Mérignac-22 + part of Mérignac2 + part of Mérignac3323 Pessac-12 + part of Pessac2 + part of Pessac3324 Pessac-21 + part of Pessac1 + part of Pessac3325 Les Portes du Médoc553326 La Presqu'île993328 Saint-Médard-en-Jalles333330 Le Sud-Médoc122233331 Talence1 + part of Bègles1 + part of Bègles3333 Villenave-d'Ornon1 + part of Bègles1 + part of Bègles

Communes
The arrondissement of Bordeaux has 82 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

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

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  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

References

Bordeaux