title: Bordeaux, Gauteng
text: # Bordeaux, Gauteng
  
  Bordeaux is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Found north of the Johannesburg CBD, it is next to the suburbs of Ferndale, Blairgowrie and Hurlingham. It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
  
  ## History
  
  The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Klipfontein 479. It was established in April 1940 and named after the French city of Bordeaux.
  
  ## Schools
  
  The suburb currently has only one school, Bordeaux Primary. The other, Greenhills Primary School, was closed down (year TBC) owing to dwindling young population in the area.
  
  