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 |
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• Mayor (2014-2020) | Kévin Subrenat |
Area 1 | 28.85 km2 (11.14 sq mi) |
Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 3,128 |
• 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[2]), where the rivers Garonne and Dordogne meet to form the Gironde estuary.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 2,046 | — |
1968 | 2,243 | +9.6% |
1975 | 2,545 | +13.5% |
1982 | 2,715 | +6.7% |
1990 | 2,567 | −5.5% |
1999 | 2,824 | +10.0% |
2008 | 2,941 | +4.1% |
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See also
Gallery
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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
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- 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
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