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*:

### 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:

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Gironde department
* Communes of the Gironde department

## References