Ambès
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Country | France | |
Region | Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes | |
Department | Gironde | |
Arrondissement | Bordeaux | |
Canton | Lormont | |
Intercommunality | Bordeaux | |
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• Mayor (2008–2014) | Maurice Pierre | |
Area1 | 28.85 km2 (11.14 sq mi) | |
Population (2008)2 | 2,941 | |
• Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 33004 / 33810 | |
Elevation | 0–8 m (0–26 ft) (avg. 4 m or 13 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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[1]), where the rivers Garonne and Dordogne meet to form the Gironde estuary.
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Population
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1962 | 2,046 | — |
1968 | 2,243 | +9.6% |
1975 | 2,545 | +13.5% |
1982 | 2,715 | +6.7% |
1990 | 2,567 | −5.5% |
1999 | 2,824 | +10.0% |
2008 | 2,941 | +4.1% |
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