Gambais

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Gambais

Total population

2,451

Elevation94 m

Land area23.02 km²

Coordinates48.77°, 1.67°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Gambais is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. The commune is 58 km west from the center of Paris.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Charles Dufresne

French painter (1876-1938)

R

Raoul de Houdenc

French author

Camille de Polignac

Confederate Army general (1832-1913)

C

Charles François d'Abra de Raconis

Bishop of Lavaur

A

Adolphe de Saint-Valry

French poet (1797–1867)

Alexandre Skirda

Russian translator (1942–2020)

F

François Petau de Maulette

French politician (1742-1805)

J

Jacques Benoist

French politician (1881-1967)

L

Louis Pelletier

M

Moloch

French painter

P

Paul Baratgin

French politician (1890–1966)

Pierre Dumayet

French journalist (1923-2011)

P

Pierre Émile Arnaud Édouard de Colbert-Chabannais

French soldier and officer (1834–1905)

H

Humbert de Sesmaisons

French politician (1777-1836)

V

Victor Plessier

French politician

D

Denis François Lefebvre

French politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Île-de-France

• Maulette
  2.6 mi away · pop. 1,049
• Houdan
  3.4 mi away · pop. 3,699
• Richebourg
  3.7 mi away · pop. 1,568
• Tacoignières
  4.2 mi away · pop. 1,143
• Béhoust
  4.5 mi away · pop. 498
• La Hauteville
  5.4 mi away · pop. 163
• Grandchamp
  5.6 mi away · pop. 291
• Montfort-l'Amaury
  6.1 mi away · pop. 2,870
• Le Tartre-Gaudran
  6.3 mi away · pop. 38
• Osmoy
  6.4 mi away · pop. 404
• Méré
  6.7 mi away · pop. 1,667
• Civry-la-Forêt
  6.9 mi away · pop. 357

Browse all places in Île-de-France →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

European Stonechat

Saxicola rubicola

Seen 2026-06-13

Common Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Seen 2026-06-13

Byssal Resin-Leafcutter

Trachusa byssina

Seen 2026-06-13

Lizard Orchid

Himantoglossum hircinum

Seen 2026-06-11

European Robin

Erithacus rubecula

Seen 2026-06-10

Cherry-plum

Prunus cerasifera

Seen 2026-06-07

Bitter Bolete

Tylopilus felleus

Seen 2026-06-07

Black-tailed Skimmer

Orthetrum cancellatum

Seen 2026-06-07

Small White

Pieris rapae

Seen 2026-06-07

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers