Bordeaux is a city in France.

bordeaux, a city and port in southwest France. Located in the lower reaches of the Garonne River, 98 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean. Bordeaux, the capital of Aquitaine region and Gironde province in southwest France, is a strategic place along the Atlantic coast of Europe.

Bordeaux was founded by Celts around 3 BC. In 6 BC, Bordeaux was ruled by the Romans. At that time, it was already a prosperous port named Budigara. There are many contacts with Spain and Britain. During the imperial period, this place was the capital of Akitania Province.

In p>187, during the Franco-Prussian War, the French government moved its capital to Bordeaux for the first time because the Germans were approaching Tours. After the outbreak of World War I, the German army approached Paris in August 1914, and the French government moved its capital to Bordeaux for the second time. After the outbreak of World War II, in June 194, the Germans occupied Paris, and the French government first moved to Tours, and then moved to Bordeaux for the third time.

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France is located in the western part of Europe, bordering Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Andorra and Monaco, facing Britain across the Strait of La Mans in the northwest, and bordering on the North Sea, the English Channel, the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea is the largest island in France.

the administrative divisions of France are divided into regions, provinces and towns. The province consists of prefectures and counties, but it is not an administrative region. The county is the judicial and electoral unit. The French mainland is divided into 13 regions, which are divided into 96 provinces, 5 overseas provinces (that is, one overseas region has one overseas province), 4 overseas territories and 2 administrative regions with special status.

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