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Les Bordes, Loiret

Les Bordes
Commune
Les Bordes is located in France
Les Bordes
Les Bordes
Coordinates: 47°48′48″N 2°24′11″E / 47.8133°N 2.4031°E / 47.8133; 2.4031Coordinates: 47°48′48″N 2°24′11″E / 47.8133°N 2.4031°E / 47.8133; 2.4031
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Loiret
Arrondissement Orléans
Canton Sully-sur-Loire
Intercommunality Val d'Or et Forêt
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Claude Redon
Area1 24.02 km2 (9.27 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 1,732
 • Density 72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 45042 /45460
Elevation 112–150 m (367–492 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Bordes is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. It is the site of Les Bordes golf course, ranked the number one golf course in Europe and in the top 10 courses in the world.

Originally conceived by Baron Marcel Bich of Bic pens and razors fame, the Les Bordes golf course is built on what was previously his 1,700-acre (690 ha) hunting estate. The Les Bordes golf course was the first course designed and built in France by Robert von Hagge and Rick Baril.

The Les Bordes golf course and surrounding hunting estate land was purchased in 2008 by an international consortium led by Tony Jimenez and is now being developed into a resort with a hotel, private properties and activity amenities.

A second 18-hole golf course is to be built at Les Bordes, the last golf course ever designed by Robert von Hagge.



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