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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, [9] is the fifth most populated metropolitan council in France after those of Paris, Marseille, Lyon and ...
Ecclesiastical province of Bordeaux Former cathedral of St. John the Baptist at Bazas.. The Archdiocese of Bordeaux (–Bazas) (Latin: Archidioecesis Burdigalensis (–Bazensis); French: Archidiocèse de Bordeaux (–Bazas); Occitan: Archidiocèsi de Bordèu (–Vasats)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France.
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1970 - Bordeaux Segalen University established. [28] 1980 - Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine active. [29] 1988 - Bordeaux International School established. 1992 - Socialist Party national congress held in Bordeaux. 1995 - Alain Juppé becomes mayor. [15] 1998 - Some 1998 FIFA World Cup football games held in Bordeaux.
In the late 1870s, two new wings, intended to accommodate the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, were constructed behind the main building to a design by Charles Burguet. [9] The rebuilding after the fire involved a new council chamber, completed in 1889, which was designed in a style characteristic of official architecture during the Third ...
During the Pax Romana, traveling became safer. This led to an increase in trade. In addition to Narbonne, two other important cities, Toulouse and Bordeaux, were situated along the Via Aquitania. The Via Aquitania was the main trade route which connected the Atlantic seaways to Toulouse and Narbonne. [6]
Bordeaux used to have a significant production of white wines, with Entre-deux-Mers, a primarily white wine area. Unlike the style of dry white Bordeaux favoured today, with almost 100% Sauvignon Blanc and a heavy influence of new oak, the traditional Entre-deux-Mers whites had a high proportion of Semillion and were made in either old oak ...