Bordeaux (fra)

Bordeaux

Bordeaux ranks 151st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Osaka, Belfast, and Valencia. Memorable people born in Bordeaux include Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard II of England, and François Mauriac. Memorable people who died in Bordeaux include Francisco Goya, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, and Flora Tristan. Bordeaux has been the birth place of many soccer players, and writers 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