Ambès

Ambès (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃bɛs]; Occitan: Ambés) is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.

Ambès
Commune
Port
Coat of arms
Location of Ambès
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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 (2023–2026)	Gilbert Dodogaray[1]
Area 1	28.85 km2 (11.14 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,291
• Density	110/km2 (300/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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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

• Communes of the Gironde department

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.