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[edit] Umm...

I'm thinking someone went a little overboard with all the pictures. Lmz00 06:44, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

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

source : http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001769.html

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)
Why do a template if this template is only used on this page? antoinou2958 22:49, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New Infobox Template proposition

I'd like to bring your attention to a new - or other - version of the "Large French Cities" infobox presently at use in a few French cities pages. The present version is much too large, partly because it consecrates too much space to information having little importance to French demography and an only distant and indirect relevence to the city itself. Instead I propose to follow a less cumbersome model closer to that used by the New York City article - you can view the new version in the Paris talk page here. Please view and comment. THEPROMENADER 22:17, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

As a result of discussion, there is an updated template available for perusal in its 'published ' form (filled with data) here - all comments welcome. -- THEPROMENADER 07:18, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ecclesiastical History?

What is it with this appearing in all the city articles? It far outweighs any other topic, yet is of only one particular interest presented from one viewpoint. This sort of subject can only be encyclopedic under its proper heading, that is to say "Ecclesiastical history of Bordeaux." Please move it to its proper place. THEPROMENADER 23:18, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Not only is it a matter of opinion whether such sections should be moved out at all, the phrase 'proper place' is not only disputable in its intention but positively improper since it is far better, if you must move it out (which is your option, so your 'trouble' -a simple cut and paste without having to bother with creating and resolving any (red) links is done in a jiffy- by choice and gloriously messes up redirects) to give it a more general name, (arch)diocese or (arch)bishopric as the case be, since sililar articles exist, not pages called ecclesiastical history, which was meant as a section header but makes little sense on its own, so other contributions on non-historical aspects of dioceses can be fitted in. Fastifex 13:16, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps I should say, concerning your contribution, 'its own place' means 'accurately descriptive namespace' and 'space ample enough for all the detail it contains'. I will not be getting into a discussion about the details of this, although I do see the sense in your "Bishopric of" rather than "Ecclesiatical history of". I would much rather that you, the more knowledgable on the subject in which you are contributing, undertake this extraction/article creation. Thank you if you do. THEPROMENADER 20:50, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flags

Deleted flags as per this diff, this article WP:FLAGS, this debate, and this admin. One down, umpteen thousand to go. Pedro |  Talk  21:01, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] climate

Can anybody comment on the climate? Is it Mediterranean? 66.183.217.31 19:11, 27 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Number of habitants

The numbers of habitants mentioned in the introduction (of one million and 1.200.000) appear exaggerated to me. In fact, this is the first text telling me that Bordeaux has one million habitants.

The city itself has around 230.000 habitants (which is certainly a misleading number for comparisons to other cities), la CUB counts 660.000 habitants.

While the CUB is an important regional administrative structure I hadn't heard too much about the Aire Urbaine of Bordeaux yet, but even that region remains below the limit of one million. The French wikipedia reports 925.253 habitants (as of 1999).

In my opinion it is more than a bit exaggerated to include towns like Arcachon. The value for the CUB gives a better impression. de:Waifar 84.178.88.165 15:37, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Further below I found: "The city contains a diverse range of people. Much of the population is French, but there are sizable groups of Italians, Spaniards, Portuguese, Germans and North Africans. The metropolis has developed rapidly over the last decades and is facing urban sprawl." First, Bordeaux has a large foreign-born population. However, the countries of origin don't seem to be the most important ones. You might as well mention British and several others. Definitively, many immigrants from the former French colonies are living in Bordeaux, e.g. Algeria or Ivory Coast. Bordeaux attracts also many students from Africa. Second, "has developed rapidly over the last decades" is questionable. Alain Juppé is largely popular in Bordeaux because they consider that the city hadn't developed much in the decades before his election in 1995. 84.178.88.165 16:07, 7 October 2007 (UTC)