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Ambès

Ambès
Port
Port
Coat of arms of Ambès
Coat of arms
Ambès is located in France
Ambès
Ambès
Coordinates: 45°00′44″N 0°32′22″W / 45.0122°N 0.5394°W / 45.0122; -0.5394Coordinates: 45°00′44″N 0°32′22″W / 45.0122°N 0.5394°W / 45.0122; -0.5394
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Bordeaux
Canton La Presqu'île
Intercommunality Bordeaux Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Kévin Subrenat
Area1 28.85 km2 (11.14 sq mi)
Population (2014)2 3,190
 • Density 110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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), where the rivers Garonne and Dordogne meet to form the Gironde estuary.


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