Ambres
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| region | Occitania | |
| Department | Camouflage | |
| Arrondissement | Castres | |
| Canton | Les Portes du Tarn | |
| Community association | Stealth agout | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 44 ′ N , 1 ° 49 ′ E | |
| height | 100-225 m | |
| surface | 19.11 km 2 | |
| Residents | 980 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 51 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 81500 | |
| INSEE code | 81011 | |
Ambres is a southern French municipality with 980 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Tarn department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Castres and the canton of Les Portes du Tarn (until 2015: canton of Lavaur ). The inhabitants are called ambergris .
location
Ambres lies on the orographic right, i.e. H. eastern, river side of the Agout in a river bend that forms the southern boundary of the municipality. The northern municipal boundary forms the Dadou . Ambres is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Giroussens in the north and north-west, Saint-Gauzens in the east, Fiac in the south-east, Labastide-Saint-Georges in the south, Lavaur in the south and south-west and Saint-Jean-de-Rives in the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 586 | 580 | 581 | 626 | 701 | 732 | 822 | 980 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Montplaisir pigeon tower, Monument historique
