Ambarès-et-Lagrave
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
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| Coordinates: 44°55′33″N 0°29′07″W / 44.9258°N 0.4853°WCoordinates: 44°55′33″N 0°29′07″W / 44.9258°N 0.4853°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Bordeaux | |
| Canton | La Presqu'île | |
| Intercommunality | Bordeaux Métropole | |
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| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Michel Héritié | |
| Area1 | 24.76 km2 (9.56 sq mi) | |
| Population (2014)2 | 15,315 | |
| • Density | 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 33003 /33440 | |
| Elevation | 0–34 m (0–112 ft) (avg. 7 m or 23 ft) |
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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. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Ambarès-et-Lagrave (Ambarés e La Grava in Gascon dialect) is a French commune in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ambarésiens or Ambarésiennes
Ambarès-et-Lagrave is part of the Bordeaux urban area located to the north of the Bordeaux conurbation between the Garonne and Dordogne. The A10 autoroute passes down the eastern side of the commune from north to south with Exit 
42 → Ambarès-et-Lagrave, Saint-Loubès in the commune. The commune is mostly urbane with small areas of forest in the north and south and farmland in the west and north.
Ambarès-et-Lagrave is surrounded by several cities of the Urban Community of Bordeaux (CUB):
The commune is served by two railway stations: the Grave-d'Ambarès station and La Gorp station which have regular links with Bordeaux.
In the 12th century the city of Ambarès belonged to a vast feudal domain comprising a large part of the marshes of Entre-deux-Mers (Between two seas). Later this area became the Barony of Montferrand.
The ancient parish of Ambarès was almost entirely under the jurisdiction of the Lords of Gua who levied tithes from the 15th century.
The Lagrave district was attached to the commune of Ambarès in 1818.
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