Gironde
Gironde
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Prefecture building in Bordeaux | |
Location of Gironde in France | |
| Coordinates: 44°50′N 0°40′W / 44.833°N 0.667°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Prefecture | Bordeaux |
| Subprefectures | Arcachon Blaye Langon Lesparre-Médoc Libourne |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Jean-Luc Gleyze (PS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,725 km2 (4,141 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 1,674,980 |
| • Rank | 6th |
| • Density | 160/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FR-33 |
| Department number | 33 |
| Arrondissements | 6 |
| Cantons | 33 |
| Communes | 535 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which excludes estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2. | |
Gironde (/ʒɪˈrɒnd/ zhih-ROND, US usually /dʒɪˈ-/ jih-, French: [ʒiʁɔ̃d] ⓘ; Occitan: Gironda, pronounced [dʒiˈɾundɔ]) is the largest department in the southwestern French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Named after the Gironde estuary, a major waterway, its prefecture is Bordeaux. In 2019, it had a population of 1,623,749. The famous Bordeaux wine region is in Gironde. It has six arrondissements, making it one of the departments with the most arrondissements (Nord also has six, while Pas-de-Calais has the most of any department, with seven).