Gironde
French department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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Summary
Gironde is a department of France[1]. Gironde ranks in the top 10% of department of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,173 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nouvelle-Aquitaine[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Head of government: Jean-Luc Gleyze[5]
- Capital: Bordeaux[6]
- Shares border with: Charente-Maritime[7], Dordogne[8], Lot-et-Garonne[9], Landes[10]
- Named after: Gironde estuary[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Arcachon[12], arrondissement of Blaye[13], arrondissement of Bordeaux[14], arrondissement of Langon[15], arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc[16], arrondissement of Libourne[17], Bordeaux[18], Talence[19], Mérignac[20], Pessac[21], Le Porge[22]
- Twinned administrative body: Bobo-Dioulasso[23]
- Commons category: Gironde[24]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[25], UTC+02:00[26]
- Inception: March 4, 1790[27]
- Highest point: colline de Samazeuilh[28]
- Official website: https://www.gironde.fr/[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gironde[30]
- Commons gallery: Gironde[31]
- Population: 1,463,662[32], 1,548,478[33], 1,583,384[34], 1,601,845[35], 1,623,749[36], 1,636,391[37], 1,654,970[38], 1,674,980[39], 1,690,493[40]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Gironde[41]
- Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[42]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[43], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[44], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[45]
- Official name: Gironde[46], Gironda[47]
- List of monuments: Liste des monuments historiques de la Gironde[48]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Gironde[49]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Gironde[50]
- Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean[51]
- Native label: Gironde[52], Gironda[53]
Why It Matters
Gironde has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Gironde is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]