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Bordeaux is a port
city in the south-west of France, with
925,253 inhabitants in the metropolitan
area at the 1999 census, now an estimated
one million inhabitants in 2006. It is
the capital of the Aquitaine region, as
well as the prefecture of the Gironde department.
Its inhabitants are called Bordelais. Bordeaux
is the centre of much military, space and
aeronautics research and construction.
All the conditions
are there to make it one of France’s
10 most-visited cities. The arrival of
the 2007 Rugby World Cup should contribute
to that aim. Wine enthusiasts will drool
over the Petrus, Mouton Rothschild, Cheval
Blanc and other joys of the region’s
most prestigious nectars, or delight in
the Saint-Emilion, Chateau Margaux and
Pomerols. Irish fans, whose team plays
two matches at Stade Chaban-Delmas, will
recognise several vintages with a Celtic
consonance (Chateau Lynch-Bages, being
the best-known). And no wonder: a score
of Bordeaux chateaux count proprietors
of past or present Irish stock.
Stade Chaban-Delmas
is a football and rugby union stadium in
Bordeaux, France. It is the home ground
of FC Girondins de Bordeaux. It has a capacity
of 34,327 places and it was built in 1938.
It was completely covered. The stadium
also hosted the 1997-98 Heineken Cup final.
It hosted two matches of the 1999 Rugby
World Cup and will host four matches during
the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Its current name
is a tribute to Bordeaux's former mayor
from 1947 to 1995, Jacques Chaban-Delmas. |
