Country France Department Gironde Intercommunality Bordeaux Area 14.22 km² Local time Saturday 11:54 PM | Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Canton Le Bouscat Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 13,605 (2007) Arrondissement Bordeaux | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind S at 14 km/h, 83% Humidity | ||
Bruges is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France, just north of Bordeaux.
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Map of 33520 Bruges, France
Toponymy
The homography with Bruges (Belgium) is purely coincidental. The place-name comes from Gasconic bruche, with a plural -s meaning "bushes", "scrubs".
Personalities
References
Bruges, Gironde Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA