Bordeaux, Port of the Moon

The Port de la Lune is the name given to the harbour of , dating to the Middle Ages, because of the shape of the river crossing the city. It is represented by a crescent on the coat of arms of Bordeaux, and by three interlaced crescents in the logotype of the municipality.
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  • Type: Quarter
  • Description: port in France
  • Also known as: “Port de la Lune” and “port of the Moon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux and CAPC - Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux.

Theater building
Photo: Chrisus, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The is an opera house in Bordeaux, France, first inaugurated on 17 April 1780. It was in this theatre that the ballet La fille mal gardée premiered in 1789, and where a young Marius Petipa staged some of his first ballets.

Museum
Photo: Captaintapas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Photo: Jibi44, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Les Aubiers and Le Bouscat.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 3 km north of Bordeaux, Port of the Moon.

Town
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is a commune in the department in in southwestern . It is a suburb of the city of and is adjacent to it on the north side. Its sister city is … is situated 3½ km northwest of Bordeaux, Port of the Moon.

Town
is a commune in the department of , , southwestern . It is a suburb of the city of , and is adjacent to it on the east side. is situated 3½ km east of Bordeaux, Port of the Moon.

Bordeaux, Port of the Moon

Latitude
44.84637° or 44° 50′ 47″ north
Longitude
-0.56888° or 0° 34′ 8″ west
Open location code
8CPXRCWJ+GC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 312120792
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Wiki­data ID
Q2249113
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bordeaux, Port of the Moon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوردو، ميناء القمر”
  • Arabic: “ميناء القمر (بوردو)”
  • Arabic: “ميناء القمر”
  • Asturian: “Puertu de la Lluna”
  • Basque: “Port de la Lune”
  • Belarusian: “Порт Месяца”
  • Catalan: “Port de la Lluna”
  • Chinese: “月亮港”
  • Chinese: “波尔多月亮港”
  • Danish: “Port de la Lune”
  • Dutch: “Bordeaux, haven van de maan”
  • Dutch: “Port de la Lune”
  • French: “Bordeaux, port de la Lune”
  • French: “Bordeaux, Port de la Lune”
  • French: “Port de Bordeaux”
  • French: “port de la Lune”
  • French: “Port de la Lune”
  • Galician: “Porto da Lúa”
  • Georgian: “მთვარის პორტი”
  • German: “Port de la Lune (Bordeaux)”
  • Hausa: “Port de la Lune”
  • Hungarian: “Port de la Lune, Bordeaux”
  • Italian: “Port de la Lune”
  • Italian: “Porto della Luna”
  • Japanese: “ボルドー、リューヌ港”
  • Japanese: “月の港ボルドー”
  • Javanese: “Port de la Lune”
  • Lithuanian: “Mėnulio uostas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Port de la Lune”
  • Norwegian: “Port de la Lune”
  • Ossetian: “Мæйы порт”
  • Portuguese: “Porto da lua”
  • Portuguese: “Porto da Lua”
  • Russian: “Порт Луны”
  • Spanish: “Centro histórico de Burdeos - Puerto de la Luna”
  • Spanish: “Puerto de la Luna”
  • Swedish: “Port de la Lune”
  • Ukrainian: “Порт Місяця”
  • Vietnamese: “Port de la Lune”

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