Ambès
Ambès (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃bɛs]; Occitan: Ambès) is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.
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Coordinates: 45°00′44″N 0°32′22″W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Gironde |
Arrondissement | Bordeaux |
Canton | La Presqu'île |
Intercommunality | Bordeaux Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Kévin Subrenat[1] |
Area 1 | 28.85 km2 (11.14 sq mi) |
Population | 3,123 |
• Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 33004 /33810 |
Elevation | 0–8 m (0–26 ft) (avg. 4 m or 13 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
It is located at the point, the Bec d'Ambès (Occ. bèc is cognate with Old English bæc for beck[3]), where the rivers Garonne and Dordogne meet to form the Gironde estuary.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 2,243 | — |
1975 | 2,545 | +1.82% |
1982 | 2,715 | +0.93% |
1990 | 2,567 | −0.70% |
1999 | 2,824 | +1.07% |
2007 | 2,931 | +0.47% |
2012 | 2,882 | −0.34% |
2017 | 3,128 | +1.65% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
See also
Gallery

An Avro Lancaster of No. 514 Squadron RAF over the target during a Bomber Command attack on oil storage tanks at Bec d'Ambes in the Garonne estuary, 4 August 1944.
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- J. Verneilh-Puyraseau, Histoire politique et statistique de l'Aquitaine, ou des pays compris entre la Loire et les Pyrénées, l'Océan et les Cévennes, Tome I, p. 130
- Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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