Bordeaux (fra)

Bordeaux

Bordeaux ranks 175th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Columbus, Ohio, Nagoya, and Auckland. Memorable people born in Bordeaux include Richard II of England, François Mauriac, and Odilon Redon. Memorable people who died in Bordeaux include Francisco Goya, Étienne de La Boétie, and Flora Tristan. Bordeaux has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and religious figures. Bordeaux is located in France.

Bordeaux 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. Read more on Wikipedia