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Code: 33
Region: Aquitaine
Traditional provinces:
Guyenne-et-Gascogne
Bordering departments:
Charente-Maritime,
Dordogne, Landes,
Lot-et-Garonne
Area: 10,000 km2
Population (1995): 1,263,500 inhabitants
Préfecture: Bordeaux
Sous-préfectures: Blaye,
Langon, Lesparre-Médoc,
Libourne
Subdivisions: 5 arrondissements, 63 cantons, 543 communes.
The department is named after the estuary of Gironde (75 km), made by the confluency of rivers.Garonne and Dorfogne.