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Castelmoron-d'Albret (; oc, Castèlmauron d'Albret) is a
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in the Gironde department in
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in south-western
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. It is notable for being the smallest commune in France by size, with an area of just , roughly the size of the
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in Paris. By comparison, the largest commune in metropolitan France is
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, with an area of . It is the smallest Commune in France, and is smaller than the nations of
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and
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Communes of the Gironde department The following is a list of the 535 communes of the Gironde department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Gironde {{Gironde-geo-stub