Wildfire in France Rages Near Bordeaux, a Famed Wine City
Officials said they did not intend to evacuate Bordeaux, but were drafting plans in case it became necessary.The city, the ninth largest in France with a population of around 270,000 people, is about 30 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean and about 300 miles south of Paris. It is east of the wine-growing area of Médoc, which produces some of the most well-known Bordeaux reds, including Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Most of the region’s wine industry is concentrated north and east of Bordeaux, and not to the west, where fires are burning.Bordeaux has been populated since the Bronze Age and its historic city center is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
- ▪Officials said they did not intend to evacuate Bordeaux, but were drafting plans in case it became necessary.The city, the ninth largest in France with a population of around 270,000 people, is about 30 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean
- ▪It is east of the wine-growing area of Médoc, which produces some of the most well-known Bordeaux reds, including Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc.
- ▪Most of the region’s wine industry is concentrated north and east of Bordeaux, and not to the west, where fires are burning.Bordeaux has been populated since the Bronze Age and its historic city center is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTFire Nears Bordeaux, a City of Wine and HistoryA blaze sweeping the countryside of southwestern France drew close enough to worry officials in the city of some 270,000 people.Listen · 2:10 min Share full articleAn exhibition center in Bordeaux, used to house people evacuated from the nearby regions swept by wildfire.Credit...Manon Cruz/ReutersBy Jonathan WolfeJuly 25, 2026 !function(){var e="gps_module_impressions",s="gps_suppress_module",t=new URLSearchParams(window.location.search),o="1"===t.get("gps_debug")?function(e,s){console.log("[gps]",e,void 0!==s?s:"")}:function(){};if(o("version",16),(document.documentElement.lang||"").toLowerCase().startsWith("es")&&(document.body.classList.add("gps-lang-es"),o("language:…
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