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|caption = From top to bottom, left to right: Place de la Bourse, Cité du Vin, Monument aux Girondins, Tour Pey-Berland, Grosse Cloche, Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, Saint-André Cathedral and Pont de pierre on the Garonne
|image coat of arms = Coat of Arms of Bordeaux (Chief of France Moderne).svg
|image flag = Flag of Bordeaux, France.gif
|city 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: “Les lys règnent seuls sur la lune, les ondes, la forteresse et le lion.“)WEB, 20 January 2013, Bordeaux : Découvrir Bordeaux – Histoire de Bordeaux,www.bordeaux.fr/ebx/pgPresStand8.psml?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pgPresStand8&classofcontent=presentationStandard&id=6931, dead,www.bordeaux.fr/ebx/pgPresStand8.psml?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pgPresStand8&classofcontent=presentationStandard&id=6931," title="web.archive.org/web/20130120062743www.bordeaux.fr/ebx/pgPresStand8.psml?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pgPresStand8&classofcontent=presentationStandard&id=6931,">web.archive.org/web/20130120062743www.bordeaux.fr/ebx/pgPresStand8.psml?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pgPresStand8&classofcontent=presentationStandard&id=6931, 20 January 2013,
|coordinates = {{Coord|44.84|-0.58|region:FR-NAQ_type:city(1,000,000)|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE = 33063
|arrondissement = Bordeaux
|canton = 5 cantons
|intercommunality = Bordeaux Métropole
|mayor = Pierre HurmicWEB, Répertoire national des élus: les maires,www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503, data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises, 13 September 2022, fr, 22 December 2020, 28 June 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200628030259/https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503, live,
|party = The Greens
|term = 2020–2026
|area km2 = 49.36
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|population ranking = 9th in France
|urban area km2 = 1,287.3
|urban area date = 2020WEB,www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=UU2020-33701, Comparateur de territoire – Unité urbaine 2020 de Bordeaux (33701), INSEE, 2022-04-08, 8 October 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211008130105/https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=UU2020-33701, live,
|urban pop = 994920
|urban pop date = Jan. 2020WEB,statistiques-locales.insee.fr/#bbox=-220866,5695514,313581,189636&c=indicator&i=pop_legales.popmun&s=2020&selcodgeo=33701&t=A01&view=map12, Statistiques locales – Bordeaux : Unité urbaine 2020 – Population municipale 2020, INSEE, INSEE, 2023-01-16, 29 January 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180129004346/https://statistiques-locales.insee.fr/#bbox=-220866,5695514,313581,189636&c=indicator&i=pop_legales.popmun&s=2020&selcodgeo=33701&t=A01&view=map12, live,
|metro area km2 = 6315.6
|metro area date = 2020WEB,www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=AAV2020-006, Comparateur de territoire – Aire d’attraction des villes 2020 de Bordeaux (006), INSEE, 2022-04-08, 7 March 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220307230441/https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=AAV2020-006, live,
|metro area pop = 1376375
|metro area pop date= Jan. 2020WEB,statistiques-locales.insee.fr/#bbox=-220866,5695514,313581,189636&c=indicator&i=pop_legales.popmun&s=2020&selcodgeo=006&t=A01&view=map13, Statistiques locales – Bordeaux : Aire d’attraction des villes 2020 – Population municipale 2020, INSEE, INSEE, 2023-01-16, 29 January 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180129004346/https://statistiques-locales.insee.fr/#bbox=-220866,5695514,313581,189636&c=indicator&i=pop_legales.popmun&s=2020&selcodgeo=006&t=A01&view=map13, live,
|website = {{URL|www.bordeaux.fr}}

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child	yes |Official_name = Bordeaux, Port of the Moon |ID = 1256 |Criteria = Cultural: ii, iv |Year = 2007 |Area = 1,731 ha |Buffer_zone = 11,974 ha

}}Bordeaux ({{IPAc-en|b|ɔːr|ˈ|d|oÊŠ}} {{respell|bor|DOH}}, {{IPA-fr|bɔʁdo|lang|Fr.Bordeaux.ogg}}; Gascon {{IPA-oc|buɾˈðɛw|}}; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called ”Bordelais{{-“}} (masculine) or ”Bordelaises{{-“}} (feminine). The term “Bordelais” may also refer to the city and its surrounding region.The city of Bordeaux proper had a population of 259,809 in 2020 within its small municipal territory of {{convert|49|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}},WEB,www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3698339, Historique des populations communales – Recensements de la population 1876–2020, INSEE, 2023-01-16, fr, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, 21 February 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220221185511/https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3698339, live, but together with its suburbs and exurbs the Bordeaux metropolitan area had a population of 1,376,375 that same year (Jan. 2020 census), the sixth-most populated in France after Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Lille, and Toulouse.Bordeaux and 27 suburban municipalities form the Bordeaux Metropolis, an indirectly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of wider metropolitan issues. The Bordeaux Metropolis, with a population of 819,604 at the January 2020 census,WEB,statistiques-locales.insee.fr/#bbox=-206354,5677024,263644,145195&c=indicator&i=pop_legales.popmun&s=2020&selcodgeo=243300316&t=A01&view=map4, Statistiques locales – Bordeaux Métropole : Intercommunalité 2021 – Population municipale 2020, INSEE, 2023-01-16, 29 January 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180129004346/https://statistiques-locales.insee.fr/#bbox=-206354,5677024,263644,145195&c=indicator&i=pop_legales.popmun&s=2020&selcodgeo=243300316&t=A01&view=map4, live, is the fifth most populated metropolitan council in France after those of Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Lille.Bordeaux is a world capital of wine:WEB, Shurvell, Joanne, Five Reasons to Visit the World’s Wine Capital, Bordeaux,www.forbes.com/sites/joanneshurvell/2019/07/31/five-reasons-to-visit-the-worlds-wine-capital-bordeaux/, 30 October 2020, Forbes, en, 6 November 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201106181937/https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanneshurvell/2019/07/31/five-reasons-to-visit-the-worlds-wine-capital-bordeaux/, live, many châteaux and vineyards stand on the hillsides of the Gironde, and the city is home to the world’s main wine fair, Vinexpo. Bordeaux is also one of the centers of gastronomyWEB,www.thelocal.fr/20170615/bordeaux-beats-paris-and-lyon-to-first-place-on-list-of-frances-best-cities-for-restaurants, New survey ranks France’s best cities for restaurants (and Paris is not top), 15 June 2017, 30 October 2020, www.thelocal.fr, 4 November 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201104093507/https://www.thelocal.fr/20170615/bordeaux-beats-paris-and-lyon-to-first-place-on-list-of-frances-best-cities-for-restaurants, live, and business tourism for the organization of international congresses. It is a central and strategic hub for the aeronautics, military and space sector, home to international companies such as Dassault Aviation, Ariane Group, Safran and Thalès. The link with aviation dates back to 1910, the year the first airplane flew over the city. A crossroads of knowledge through university research, it is home to one of the only two megajoule lasers in the world, as well as a university population of more than 130,000 students within the Bordeaux Metropolis.WEB, Classement 2019 des villes étudiantes les plus importantes en France,www.investirlmnp.fr/actualites/classement-2019-des-villes-etudiantes-les-plus-importantes-en-france-146, 2022-04-08, www.investirlmnp.fr, 4 April 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220404010642/https://www.investirlmnp.fr/actualites/classement-2019-des-villes-etudiantes-les-plus-importantes-en-france-146, live, Bordeaux is an international tourist destination for its architectural and cultural heritage with more than 362 historic (:fr:Liste des monuments historiques de Bordeaux#:~:text=4.3 Liens externes-,Statistiques,au titre des monuments historiques.|monuments),WEB, Bordeaux Unesco {{!, Bordeaux 2030 |url=http://www.bordeaux2030.fr/bordeaux-unesco/ |access-date=30 October 2020 |publisher=www.bordeaux2030.fr |archive-date=3 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103104343www.bordeaux2030.fr/bordeaux-unesco/ |url-status=live }} making it, after Paris, the city with the most listed or registered monuments in France. The “Pearl of Aquitaine” has been voted European Destination of the year in a 2015 online poll.WEB, AFP Relax News, 13 February 2015, Bordeaux named European destination of the year,my.asiatatler.com/life/bordeaux-european-destination-of-the-year, 30 October 2020, Tatler Malaysia, en-MY, 4 November 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201104155055/https://my.asiatatler.com/life/bordeaux-european-destination-of-the-year, live, The metropolis has also received awards and rankings by international organizations such as in 1957, Bordeaux was awarded the Europe Prize for its efforts in transmitting the European ideal. In June 2007, the Port of the Moon in historic Bordeaux was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, for its outstanding architecture and urban ensemble and in recognition of Bordeaux’s international importance over the last 2000 years.WEB, Bordeaux, Port of the Moon,whc.unesco.org/en/list/1256/, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, en, 13 November 2021, live,whc.unesco.org:80/en/list/1256/," title="web.archive.org/web/20070905195247whc.unesco.org:80/en/list/1256/,">web.archive.org/web/20070905195247whc.unesco.org:80/en/list/1256/, 5 September 2007, Bordeaux is also ranked as a Sufficiency city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.

History

{{For timeline}}–27 BCRoman Empire 27 BC–AD 395Gallic Empire 260–274Western Roman Empire 395–418Visigothic Kingdom 395–6th centuryFrancia 6th century–843West Francia 843–987{{Flag|Kingdom of France}} 987–1154{{Flagicon image|Royal Arms of England (1198-1340).svg}} Angevin Empire 1154–1214{{Flag|Kingdom of England}} 1214–1453{{Flag|Kingdom of France}} 1453–1792{{Flag|French First Republic}} 1792–1804{{Flag|First French Empire}} 1804–1814{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svg}} Kingdom of France 1814–1815{{Flag|First French Empire}} 1815{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svg}} Kingdom of France 1815–1830{{Flag|July Monarchy}} 1830–1848{{Flag|French Second Republic}} 1848–1852{{Flag|Second French Empire}} 1852–1870{{Flag|French Third Republic}} 1870–1940{{Flagicon|Nazi Germany}} Military Administration in France 1940–1944∟ part of German-occupied Europe from 1940 to 1944 {{Flag|Provisional Government of the French Republic}} 1944–1946{{Flag|French Fourth Republic}} 1946–1958{{Flagicon|France}} French Fifth Republic 1958–present}}

5th century BC to 11th century AD

File:Bituriges Vivisci.jpg|140px|thumb|Coins of the Bituriges Vivisci, fifth–1st century BC, derived from the coin designs of Greeks in pre-Roman Gaul. Cabinet des MédaillesCabinet des MédaillesAround 300 BC, the region was the settlement of a Celtic tribe, the Bituriges Vivisci, named the town Burdigala, probably of Aquitanian origin.In 107 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 battle.WEB, Sivan, H., R., Mathisen, Places: 138248 (Burdigala),pleiades.stoa.org/places/138248, 29 March 2020, Pleiades, 18 September 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200918080522/https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/138248, live, The city came under Roman rule around 60 BC, and it became an important commercial centre for tin and lead.WEB,www.romanports.org/en/the-ports/116-burdigala.html,web.archive.org/web/20200330034006/https://www.romanports.org/en/the-ports/116-burdigala.html, 30 March 2020, live, Burdigala (France), 29 March 2020, During this period were built the amphitheatre and the monument Les Piliers de Tutelle.