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 | | If Paris is the French city best known to the rest of the world, it is highly probable that the second most recognised name is that of Bordeaux, capital of the Aquitaine region. |
 | | The city has 215,000 residents (700,000 if the suburbs are counted), and the mayor is none other than the former Prime Minister of France, Alain Juppé. |
 | | Les Girondins de Bordeaux, the town's football club, is regularly among the top few in France and in 1997 reached the final of the UEFA Cup. |
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