High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saillans is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in south-western France. Gironde is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Guyenne and Gascogne. From 1793 to 1795, the department's name was changed to Bec-d'Ambès to avoid the association with the revolutionary party, the Girondists.