// CITY_ASSESSMENT

How smart is Bordeaux?

Bordeaux scores 62% against the DC20 smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #69 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.

Smart score

62%

Rank

#69 / 213

Criteria present

41 / 82

Evidence coverage

73.2%

Bordeaux's smart city score by area

Data & Digital Foundation82%

12 present · 4 partial · 1 absent · 4 not assessed

Mobility59%

7 present · 5 partial · 4 absent

Environment & Resources86%

10 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 3 not assessed

Governance & People69%

9 present · 4 partial · 3 absent · 4 not assessed

Economy & Method50%

3 present · 2 partial · 3 absent

Where Bordeaux is strong

  • Digital Government / e-Services
  • EV & Active-Travel Infrastructure
  • Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring
  • Resilience & Climate Adaptation
  • Open Data by Default

Where the gaps are

  • Citizen Engagement & Participation
  • Smart Traffic & Adaptive Signals
  • Digital Inclusion & Literacy
  • Smart Energy & Buildings
  • City Data Platform / Urban Data Exchange

Evidence highlights

City Data Platform / Urban Data Exchange · Data sharing / exchange

Bordeaux Métropole facilitates data sharing through its open data portals (opendata.bordeaux.fr and data.bordeaux-metropole.fr) and its presence on the national data.gouv.fr platform, making public data accessible to various actors, including private ones.

https://opendata.bordeaux.fr/

Pervasive IoT Sensing · Deployed sensor networks

Bordeaux Metropole has deployed sensor networks for environmental monitoring, traffic, and parking, with corresponding datasets available on its official data portal.

https://data.bordeaux-metropole.fr/explore/dataset/pc_capte_p/information/

Pervasive IoT Sensing · Public real-time sensor feeds

Bordeaux provides publicly available real-time data feeds for its urban and school transport network, specifically using the GTFS-RT standard.

https://transport.data.gouv.fr/datasets/reseau-urbain-et-scolaire-tbm-donnees-gtfs-netex-siri-lite-gtfs-rt-pdf-ouvertes

Digital Twin · 3D city model / digital twin

Bordeaux Métropole provides datasets for 3D building models (BATI3D_2012_LOD2) on its open data portal, indicating the presence of a 3D city model.

https://data.bordeaux-metropole.fr/explore/dataset/BATI3D_2012_LOD2_T/information/

About this assessment

Bordeaux was assessed against the 82 criteria of the DC20 smart city framework on 2026-06-26 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found — see how smart cities are measured. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.