What is Gironde?
{{otheruses}} {{Infobox settlement | name =Gironde | native_name = | native_name_lang = | type =[[Departments of France|Department]] | image_skyline =Périgueux préfecture (2).JPG | image_alt =Prefecture building of the Gironde department, in Bordeaux | image_caption =[[Prefectures in France|Prefecture]] building of the Gironde department, in [[Bordeaux]] | image_flag =Flag of Gironde.svg | flag_alt = | image_shield =Blason département fr Gironde.svg | shield_alt =Coat of arms | nickname = | motto = | image_map =Gironde-Position.svg | map_alt = | map_caption =Location of Gironde in France | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|44|50|N|0|40|W|region:FR_type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type =Country | subdivision_name =France | subdivision_type1 =[[Regions of France|Region]] | subdivision_name1 =[[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] | established_title =Département | established_date =4 March 1790 | founder = | seat_type =[[Prefectures in France|Prefecture]] | seat =[[Bordeaux]] | parts_type =[[Prefectures in France|Subprefectures]] | parts_style =para<!-- list, coll (collapsed list), para (paragraph format) --> | p1 =[[Arcachon]] | p2 =[[Blaye]] | p3 =[[Langon, Gironde|Langon]] | p4 =[[Lesparre-Médoc]] | p5 =[[Libourne]] | government_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gironde.fr/le-departement/linstitution-departementale |title=L’institution départementale |work= |publisher=Conseil départamental de la Gironde |format= |language=French |accessdate=9 May 2017 |date= }}