Bec d’Ambès
The Bec d'Ambès is the point of confluence of the rivers Garonne and Dordogne, in the Gironde estuary. Situated 15 miles north of Bordeaux, it has an oil refinery which was destroyed by bombing during World War II, but rebuilt after the war.Photo: Boerkevitz, Public domain.
- Type: Point
- Description: Port in France
- Also known as: “Bec d’Ambes”, “Bec d’Ambez”, and “Bec-d’Ambes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Notre-Dame de Bayon-sur-Gironde and Château Falfas.
Église Notre-Dame de Bayon-sur-Gironde
Church
Photo: Tmouchentois, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Notre-Dame de Bayon-sur-Gironde is a church.
Château Dauzac
Castle
Château Dauzac is a winery in the Margaux appellation of the Bordeaux region of France, in the commune of Labarde. The wine produced here was classified as one of eighteen Cinquièmes Crus in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855. Château Dauzac is situated 3 km southwest of Bec d’Ambès.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gauriac and Labarde.
Gauriac
Village
Gauriac is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France. Gauriac is situated 3 km north of Bec d’Ambès.
Labarde
Village
Photo: PA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Labarde is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Labarde is situated 3½ km southwest of Bec d’Ambès.
Bourg
Village
Photo: Michel Reza, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bourg, also informally known as Bourg-sur-Gironde, is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is part of the Côtes de Bourg wine region. Bourg is situated 3½ km east of Bec d’Ambès.
Bec d’Ambès
- Categories: confluence and landform
- Location: Bayon-sur-Gironde, Arrondissement of Blaye, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Hebrew—“Bec d’Ambès” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bec d’Ambès”
- Chinese: “昂贝斯角”
- French: “bec d’Ambès”
- French: “Bec d’Ambès”
- French: “Bec-d’Ambès”
- Hebrew: “בק ד’אמבז”
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