Ambert

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Coordinates: 45°33′01″N 3°44′33″E / 45.5502777778, 3.7425

Administration
Commune of Ambert Town hall of Ambert
Location

Country	France
Region	Auvergne
Department	Puy-de-Dôme (sous-préfecture)
Arrondissement	Ambert
Canton	Ambert (chef-lieu)
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays d'Ambert
Mayor	Jean Aulagnier (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	514 m–1,365 m (avg. 527 m)
Land area^¹	60.48 km²
Population^² (1999)	7,309
- Density	120.8/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	63003/ 63600
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

View of Ambert.

Ambert is a commune of France, located in the former province of Auvergne.

1 Administration
2 Geography
3 Miscellaneous
4 Demography
5 Twin towns
6 References

[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] 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.