Gambais

Gambais
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Gambais
Location within Île-de-France region  Gambais
Coordinates: 48°46′26″N 1°40′26″E / 48.7739°N 1.6739°E / 48.7739; 1.6739Coordinates: 48°46′26″N 1°40′26″E / 48.7739°N 1.6739°E / 48.7739; 1.6739
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Yvelines
Arrondissement	Mantes-la-Jolie
Canton	Houdan
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Claude Lecoq
Area1	23.02 km2 (8.89 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	2,375
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	78263 / 78950
Elevation	94–182 m (308–597 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.