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Bordeaux
Bordeaux (; ''Bordèu'' in Gascon) is a port city in the south-west of France, with 925,253 inhabitants in the metropolitan area at the 1999 census. It is the capital of the Aquitaine ''région'', as well as the ''préfecture'' (administrative capital) of the Gironde ''département''. Its inhabitants are called ''Bordelais''.
Bordeaux is also the name of the wine produced in the region surrounding the city.
Geography
The city is built on an arc of the river Garonne, and is thus divided into two parts: the right bank to the East and left bank in the West.
Demographics
At the 1999 census, there were 215,363 inhabitants in the city (commune) of Bordeaux. There were 925,253 inhabitants in the metropolitan area (''aire urbaine'').
As of February 2004 estimates, the population of the city reached 229,500 inhabitants.
History
Bordeaux was founded around 300 BC under the Roman name ''Burdigala''
The city was plundered by the troops of Abd er Rahman in 732, after he had defeated Duke Eudes and before he was killed during the Battle of Tours on October 10.
From the 12th to the 15th century, Bordeaux was an English King's fief
The 18th century was its golden age, because of the trades with the West Indies. Hotels on the quays are from this period.
During WWI, the French government withdrew to the city.
Wine
The Bordeaux region is home to many of the most prestigious wine producers in the world. Both red and white wines are made in Bordeaux. Red Bordeaux is called claret in England.
Red Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes and may be made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Malbec. White Bordeaux is made from Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, and Muscadelle.
The Bordeaux wine region is divided into subregions including Saint-Émilion, Pomerol, Médoc, and Graves. The area's five 'premier cru' (first growth) red wines (four from Médoc and one, Chateau Haut-Brion, from
Bordeaux
I would like to add latitude and longitude, but I can find how to edit the infobox.
Please somebody, add this info :
Bordeaux, France 44°50 N 0°31 W
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also, could someboy add a edit caption on the infobox
:You can edit the infobox here Template:Bordeaux infobox. Rl 12:09, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Henri Bordeaux
Henri Bordeaux (25 January 1870 in Thonon-les-Bains - 29 march 1963) was a French writer. His novels included:
''Le Pays natal'' (1900)
''La Peur de vivre'' (1902)
''La Petite mademoiselle'' (1905)
''Les Roquevillard'' (1906)
''Les Yeux qui s’ouvrent'' (1908)
''La Croisée des chemins'' (1909)
''La Robe de laine'' (1910)
''La Neige sur les pas'' (1911)
''La Maison'' (1913)
''La Résurrection de la chair'' (1920)
''La Chartreuse du reposoir'' (1924)
''La Revenante'' (1932)
His writing was likened to Paul Bourget's.
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Huon Of Bordeaux
Huon of Bordeaux is the title character of a 13th century French romance (''chanson de geste''). He is a knight who, after unwittingly killing the son of Emperor Charlemagne, is given a reprieve from death on condition that he fulfill a number of seemingly impossible tasks: he must travel to the court of the Amir in Babylon and return with a handful of the amir's hair and teeth, kill the Amir's mightiest knight, and kiss the Amir's daughter. All these Huon eventually achieves with the assistance of the fairy king Oberon.
The Charlot of the story has been identified by A Longnon (''Romania'' viii.) with Charles l'Enfant, one of the sons of Charles the Bald and Irmintrude, who died in 866 in consequence of wounds inflicted by a certain Aubouin in precisely similar circumstances to those related in the romance. The godfather of Huon may safely be identified with Seguin, who was count of Bordeaux under Louis the Pious in 839, and died fighting against the Normans six years later.
A Turin manuscript of the romance contains a prologue in the shape of a separate romance of Auberon, and four sequels, the ''Chanson d'Esclarmonde'', the ''Chanson de Clarisse et Florent'', the ''Chanson d'Ide et d'Olive'' and the ''Chanson de Godin''. The same manuscript contains in the romance of ''Les Lorrains'' a summary in seventeen lines of another version of the story, according to which Huon's exile is due to his having slain a count in the emperor's palace.
The poem exists in a later version in alexandrines, and, with its continuations, was put into prose in 1454 and printed by Michel le Noir in 1516, since when it has appeared in many forms, notably in a beautifully printed and illustrated adaptation (1898) in modern French by Gaston Paris. The romance had a great vogue in England through the translation (c. 1540) of John Bourchier, Lord Berners, as ''Huon of Burdeuxe''. The tale was dramatized and produced in Paris by the Confrérie de la Passion in 1557, and in Philip Henslowe's
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| align=center colspan=2 | City motto: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem.
(Latin: Only the fleur-de-lis rule over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion)
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| align=center colspan=2 style="background:#f9f9f9;" | 250px|Location of Bordeaux
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! colspan="2" | City proper
(commune)
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|Région || Aquitaine
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|Département || Gironde (33)
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|Mayor || Hugues Martin
(UMP) (since 2004)
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| Area || 49.36 km²
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| Population
2004 estimate
1999 census|| (Ranked 9th)
229,500
215,363
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| Density || 4,563/km² (1999)
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! colspan="2" | Metropolitan area
(aire urbaine)
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| Communes || 191 (1999)
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| Area || 3,875.2 km² (1999)
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| Population
1999 census|| (Ranked 7th)
925,253
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| Yearly growth || +0.67 %
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| Density || 239/km² (1999)
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|Intercommunality
- president
|| Urban Community of Bordeaux
Alain Rousset
(PS) (since 2004)
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! colspan="2" | Miscellaneous
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| Twin cities || Los Angeles (USA)
Bristol (UK)
Munich (Germany)
Madrid (Spain)
Porto (Portugal)
Lima (Peru)
Quebec City (Canada)
Fukuoka (Japan)
Ashdod (Israel)
Casablanca (Morocco)
Wuhan (China)
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Bordeaux-Paris
The Bordeaux-Paris professional cycle race was one of mainland Europe's Classic cycle races, and the longest in the professional calendar, covering a distance of approximately 350 miles (560 kilometres) - more than twice the distance of most single day races. It would start at Bordeaux in south-west France at 2am and finish in the French capital Paris approximately 14 hours later.
The event was first run in 1891, and the ''Derby of the Road'' (as it was sometimes called) was particularly notable in that riders were 'paced' - allowed to slipstream behind team-mates mounted, in the early events, on tandem bicycles or other conventional cycles. From 1931, the pacing was provided by motorcycles or small pedal-assisted Dernys.
In the inaugural events, pacing was provided from Bordeaux. In later events, the pacing was introduced part-way towards Paris. From 1946 to 1985, more than half the race distance was paced, the Dernys being introduced at, for example, Poitiers or Chatellerault, roughly half-way through the race.
The organisers of the inaugaral event, the Bordeaux Vélo Club, envisaged riders might take a few days to complete the race, but Englishman George Pilkington Mills raced through the night to win the 600km long event in just over a day. Another Englishman (Arthur Linton) won the event in 1896, but only one Englishman won the race in the modern era: Tom Simpson in May 1963. Other post-war winners included Louison Bobet (1959) and Jacques Anquetil (1965). The record for the most victories is held by Herman Van Springel who won seven times between 1970 and 1981.
By this time, however, the race was beginning to lose its prestige. It required special training, and clashed with riders' plans to compete in the Vuelta a Espana or Giro d'Italia stage races. Fields began to dwindle and the last motor-paced version was held in 1985; three non-paced versions were held from 1986 but the 1988 proved to be the last running of the event as a professional cycle race.
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