[2] Its population is 1,013,121 (2021), and its area is 1,521.8 km2 (587.6 sq mi).

[3] The communes of the arrondissement of Bordeaux, and their INSEE codes, are:[2] The arrondissement of Bordeaux was created in 1800.

[4][5] In January 2007 it lost the four cantons of Arcachon, Audenge, Belin-Béliet and La Teste-de-Buch to the new arrondissement of Arcachon.

[4][6] As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements.

The cantons of the arrondissement of Bordeaux were, as of January 2015:[7]