Ambès

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Coat of arms of Ambès
Coat of arms
Location of Ambès
Map
(2023–2026) Gilbert Dodogaray[1]Area
1
28.85 km2 (11.14 sq mi)Population
 (2021)[2]
3,207 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code
33004 /33810
Elevation0–8 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.

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

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
YearPop.±% 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

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

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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