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Bordeaux is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Found north of the Johannesburg CBD, it is next to the suburbs of Ferndale, Blairgowrie and Hurlingham. It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.[2][3]

History

The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand farm called Klipfontein 479.[4] It was established in April 1940 and named after the French city of Bordeaux.[4]

Schools

The suburb currently has only one school, Bordeaux Primary. The other, Greenhills Primary School, was closed down (year TBC) owing to dwindling young population in the area.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Sub Place Bordeaux". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Map of Johannesburg-Randburg" (PDF). Joburg-archive.co.za. Johannesburg Public Archive. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  3. ^ "City of Johannesburg - Region B". joburg.org.za. City of Johannesburg. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  4. ^ a b Raper, Peter E.; Moller, Lucie A.; du Plessis, Theodorus L. (2014). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 1412. ISBN 9781868425501.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux,_Gauteng