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Bordeaux - Wikipedia"Burdigala" redirects here. For the ocean liner, see SS Burdigala. Bordeaux. Prefecture and commune. Motto: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem."The fleur- de- lis alone rules over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion" (in French: Seule la Fleur de Lys règne sur la lune, les vagues, le château et le lion)Location within Nouvelle- Aquitaine region Coordinates: 4. N0°3. 5′W / 4. 4. N 0. 5. 8°W / 4. Coordinates: 4. 4°5.

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N0°3. 5′W / 4. 4. N 0. 5. 8°W / 4. Country. France. Region. Nouvelle- Aquitaine. Department. Gironde. Arrondissement. Bordeaux.

Canton. 5 cantons. Intercommunality.

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Bordeaux. Government • Mayor (2. Alain Juppé (LR)Area. Urban (2. 01. 0)1,1. Metro (2. 01. 0)5,6. Population (2. 01. Rank. 9th in France • Density.

Urban (January 2. Metro (2. 01. 3)1,1. Time zone. CET (UTC+1) • Summer (DST)CEST (UTC+2)INSEE/Postal code. Websitewww. bordeaux. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Official name. Bordeaux, Port of the Moon. Criteria. Cultural: ii, iv.

Reference. 12. 56. Inscription. 20. 07 (3.

Session)Area. 1,7. Buffer zone. 11,9. French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e. Bordeaux (French pronunciation: ​[bɔʁdo]; Gascon.

Occitan: Bordèu) is a port city on the Garonne River in the Girondedepartment in southwestern France. The municipality (commune) of Bordeaux proper has a population of 2. Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, Bordeaux is the centre of the Bordeaux Métropole. With 7. 60,9. 33 inhabitants (as of 2. France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse and Lille. It is the capital of the Nouvelle- Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called "Bordelais" (for men) or "Bordelaises" (women).

The term "Bordelais" may also refer to the city and its surrounding region. Bordeaux is the world's major wine industry capital. It is home to the world's main wine fair, Vinexpo,[5] and the wine economy in the metro area takes in 1. Bordeaux wine has been produced in the region since the 8th century. The historic part of the city is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as "an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble" of the 1.

After Paris, Bordeaux has the highest number of preserved historical buildings of any city in France. History[edit]In historical times, around 3. BC it was the settlement of a Celtic tribe, the Bituriges Vivisci, who named the town Burdigala, probably of Aquitanian origin. The name Bourde is still the name of a river south of the city.

In 1. 07 BC, the Battle of Burdigala was fought by the Romans who were defending the Allobroges, a Gallic tribe allied to Rome, and the Tigurini led by Divico. The Romans were defeated and their commander, the consul.

Lucius Cassius Longinus, was killed in the action. The city fell under Roman rule around 6. BC, its importance lying in the commerce of tin and lead towards Rome. Later it became capital of Roman Aquitaine, flourishing especially during the Severan dynasty (3rd century).

In 2. 76 it was sacked by the Vandals. Further ravage was brought by the same Vandals in 4.

Visigoths in 4. 14 and the Franks in 4. In the late 6th century, the city re- emerged as the seat of a county and an archdiocese within the Merovingiankingdom of the Franks, but royal Frankish power was never strong. The city started to play a regional role as a major urban center on the fringes of the newly founded Frankish Duchy of Vasconia. Around 5. 85, a certain Gallactorius is cited as count of Bordeaux and fighting the Basques. The city was plundered by the troops of Abd er Rahman in 7. Aquitanian garrison. Duke Eudes mustered a force ready to engage the Umayyads outside Bordeaux, eventually taking on them in the Battle of the River Garonne somewhere near the river Dordogne, described as taking a heavy death toll.

After Duke Eudes's defeat, the Aquitanian duke could still save part of its troops and keep his grip on Aquitaine after the Battle of Poitiers. In 7. 35, the Aquitanian duke Hunald led a rebellion after his father Eudes's death, at which Charles responded by sending an expedition that captured and plundered Bordeaux again, but it was not retained for long. The following year, the Frankish commander descended again over Aquitaine, but clashed in battle with the Aquitanians and left to take on hostile Burgundian authorities and magnates. In 7. 45, Aquitaine faced yet another expedition by Charles' sons Pepin and Carloman against Hunald, the Aquitanian princeps (or duke) strong in Bordeaux. Hunald was defeated, and his son Waifer replaced him, who in turn confirmed Bordeaux as the capital city (along with Bourges in the north).

During the last stage of the war against Aquitaine (7. Waifer's last important strongholds to fall to King Pepin the Short's troops. Next to Bordeaux, Charlemagne built the fortress of Fronsac (Frontiacus, Franciacus) on a hill across the border with the Basques (Wascones), where Basque commanders came over to vow loyalty to him (7. In 7. 78, Seguin (or Sihimin) was appointed count of Bordeaux, probably undermining the power of the Duke Lupo, and possibly leading to the Battle of Roncevaux Pass that very year. In 8. 14, Seguin was made Duke of Vasconia, but he was deposed in 8. Watch Don`T Wake The Dead Putlocker#.

Basque rebellion. Under the Carolingians, sometimes the Counts of Bordeaux held the title concomitantly with that of Duke of Vasconia.

They were meant to keep the Basques in check and defend the mouth of the Garonne from the Vikings when the latter appeared c. Bordeaux. In Autumn 8. Seguin II marched on the Vikings assaulting Bordeaux and Saintes, but was captured and put to death. No bishops were mentioned during the whole 8th century and part of the 9th in Bordeaux.

From the 1. 2th to the 1. Bordeaux regained importance following the marriage of Duchess Eléonore of Aquitaine with the French- speaking Count Henri Plantagenet, born in Le Mans, who became, within months of their wedding, King Henry II of England. The city flourished, primarily due to the wine trade, and the cathedral of St.

André was built. It was also the capital of an independent state under Edward, the Black Prince (1. Battle of Castillon (1.

France which extended its territory. The Château Trompette (Trumpet Castle) and the Fort du Hâ, built by Charles VII of France, were the symbols of the new domination, which however deprived the city of its wealth by halting the wine commerce with England. In 1. 46. 2, Bordeaux obtained a parliament, but regained importance only in the 1. West Indies along with the traditional wine.[7]Bordeaux adhered to the Fronde, being effectively annexed to the Kingdom of France only in 1. Louis XIV entered the city. Rue Sainte- Catherine in 1.

The 1. 8th century was the golden age of Bordeaux. Many downtown buildings (about 5,0. Victor Hugo found the town so beautiful he once said: "Take Versailles, add Antwerp, and you have Bordeaux". Baron Haussmann, a long- time prefect of Bordeaux, used Bordeaux's 1. Emperor Napoleon III to transform a then still quasi- medieval Paris into a "modern" capital that would make France proud. In 1. 81. 4, towards the end of the Peninsula war, the Duke of Wellington sent William Beresford with two divisions, who seized Bordeaux without much resistance on 1.

March. Bordeaux was largely anti- Bonapartist and had a majority that supported the Bourbons, so the British troops were treated as liberators. In 1. 87. 0, at the beginning of the Franco- Prussian war against Prussia, the French government temporarily relocated to Bordeaux from Paris.

This happened again during the First World War and again very briefly during the Second World War, when it became clear that Paris would soon fall into German hands. However, on the last of these occasions the French capital was soon moved again to Vichy. In May and June 1.