Ambès

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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.

Population

Historical population
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%

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

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  1. 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