Ambès

Ambès
Ambès
Commune
	Port
	Coat of arms
	Ambès Ambès
	Coordinates: 45°00′44″N 0°32′22″W / 45.0122°N 0.5394°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	La Presqu'île
Intercommunality	Bordeaux Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Gilbert Dodogaray
Area 1	28.85 km2 (11.14 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.

Ambès (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃bɛs]; Occitan: Ambés) 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^[2]), where the rivers Garonne and Dordogne meet to form the Gironde estuary.

Population

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in français). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
^ 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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