Ambert
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Commune of Ambert Town hall of Ambert |
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| Location | |
| Longitude | 03° 44' 33" E |
| Latitude | 45° 33' 01" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme (sous-préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Ambert |
| Canton | Chief town of the canton of Ambert |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays d'Ambert |
| Mayor | Jean Aulagnier (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 514 m–1,365 m (avg. 527 m) |
| Land area¹ | 60.48 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
7,309 |
| - Density (1999) | 120.8/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 63003/ 63600 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Ambert is a commune of France, loctated in the former province of Auvergne.
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[edit] Administration
Ambert is the chief town of the canton of Ambert and the arrondissement of Ambert. It is a sous-préfecture of the Puy-de-Dôme département, in the Auvergne région. The arrondissement consists of 8 cantons.
[edit] Geography
Ambert lies on the Dore River, a tributary of the Allier River.
[edit] Demography
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| 7 160 | 7 328 | 7 603 | 7 722 | 7 420 | 7 309 |
source : http://www.insee.fr/fr/ffc/docs_ffc/psdc.htm
[edit] Miscellaneous
Ambert is famous for its fourme-d'Ambert cheese, its paper mills (the first edition of Diderot's Encyclopédie was printed on paper made in Ambert) and its circular town hall (popularized by Jules Romain in his novel "Les copains").
Ambert was the birthpace of Michel Rolle (1652-1719), mathematician.
The Agrivap Chemin de Fer Touristique operated out of Ambert. There is a steam engine that makes a local run, but to see the line in full a ride on the Panoramique Autorail is not be missed.
There is an industrial museum with an interesting collection of tractors and small steam engines.
In the town the Museum of Cheese is worth a visit, as is the old paper mill a few kilometers outside the main town.
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