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Laser Mégajoule (LMJ) is a large laser-based inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research device near Bordeaux, France, built by the French nuclear science directorate, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA). Laser Mégajoule plans to deliver over 1 MJ of laser energy to its targets, compressing them to about 100 times the density of lead. It is about half as energetic as its US counterpart, the National Ignition Facility (NIF). Laser Mégajoule is the largest ICF experiment outside the US. Laser Mégajoule's primary task will be refining fusion calculations for France's own nuclear weapons. A portion of the system's time is set aside for materials science experiments. Construction of the LMJ took 15 years and cost 3 billion euros. It was declared operational on 23 October 2014, when it ran its first set of nuclear-weapon-related experiments.

Lafayette transmitter was a large facility used for transatlantic VLF-transmission, located at Marcheprime, Aquitaine, France. The Lafayette transmitter used an antenna, which was carried by eight free-standing lattice towers (each 250 metres tall) with triangular cross-sections, which were the second tallest free-standing towers in the world. The 250-meter-high tripod pylons were supplied by Pitt-Des Moines Co steelworks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and transported by water to Bordeaux. In 1944 the installations of Lafayette transmitter were destroyed by retreating German troops. The last of the towers was demolished in 1953.

Marcheprime (French pronunciation: [maʁʃəpʁˈim]; Occitan: Marcha Prima) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

The Cestas Solar Park is a 300 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station in Cestas, France. Built by Eiffage and Schneider Electric for the developer, Neoen, it opened on December 1, 2015. When it opened on 1 December 2015, Cestas Solar Park was the largest solar photovoltaic power station in Europe . Located in Cestas, to the south of Bordeaux, it spans 260 hectares (640 acres) and produces 300 MWp.

Cestas (French pronunciation: [sɛstas] (listen); Gascon: Cestàs) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Mios (French pronunciation: [mjɔs]; Gascon: Miòs) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Saint-Jean-d'Illac (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ dijak]; Gascon: Sent Joan d'Ilhac) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Canéjan (French pronunciation: ​[kaneʒɑ̃]; Gascon: Canejan) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Domaine de Chevalier is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Crus Classés for red and white wine in the Classification of Graves wine of 1953 and 1959. The winery and vineyards are located south of the city of Bordeaux, in the commune of Léognan. It is one of a very few Bordeaux estates to be named domaine instead of château.

Château de Fieuzal is a Bordeaux wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, ranked among the Crus Classés for red wine in the Classification of Graves wine of 1953 and 1959, though the estate also produces a dry white wine which was not classified. The winery and vineyards are located south of the city of Bordeaux, in the commune of Léognan.

The Géologique de Saucats et La Brède National Nature Reserve (RNN62) is a geological national nature reserve in Gironde. Established in 1982 with an area of 75.5 hectares (187 acres), it protects six sites bearing outcrops of solidified shell sand or faluns. It also includes the stratotype for the Aquitanian and Burdigalian stages.

Biganos (French pronunciation: [biɡanɔs]; Occitan: Viganòs) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. This commune has two harbours.