What is Blaye?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Blaye |commune status = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image flag = |image flag size = |image coat of arms = Blason fr ville Blaye (Gironde).svg |image coat of arms size = |city motto = |image = Vue sur Blaye.jpg |caption = View of the city from the [[Citadel]]. |map = |adjustable map = |time zone = |coordinates = {{coord|45.1286|-0.6611|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Blaye |canton = L'Estuaire |subdivisions entry = |subdivisions = |intercommunality = Blaye |mayor = Denis Baldès<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blaye.fr/mairie/equipe-municipale/ |title=Equipe Municipale |publisher=Ville de Blaye |language=French |accessdate=18 May 2017 |date= }}</ref> |party = |term = 2014&ndash;2020 |elevation m = 21 |elevation min m = 0 |elevation max m = 41 |area km2 = 6.42 |population demonym = Blayais |population = 4769 |population ranking = |population date = 2014 |urban area km2 = |urban area date = |urban pop = |urban pop date = |metro area km2 = |metro area date = |metro area pop = |metro area pop date = |INSEE = 33058 |postal code = 33390 |website = [http://www.blaye.fr/ www.blaye.fr] }} '''Blaye''' ({{lang-oc|Blaia}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Gironde]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] [[Regions of France|region]] in southwestern [[France]]. It is one of the five [[Prefectures in France|sub-prefecture]]s of the department. ==Geography== Blaye is on the right bank of the [[Gironde estuary]] (which is some {{conve