Ambert
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Town hall (originally the grain market)
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Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
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| Coordinates: 45°33′01″N 3°44′33″E / 45.5503°N 3.7425°ECoordinates: 45°33′01″N 3°44′33″E / 45.5503°N 3.7425°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme |
| Arrondissement | Ambert |
| Canton | Ambert |
| Intercommunality | Pays d'Ambert |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Mrs. Myriam Fougere |
| Area1 | 60.48 km2 (23.35 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)2 | 6,852 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 63003 / 63600 |
| Elevation | 514–1,365 m (1,686–4,478 ft) (avg. 527 m or 1,729 ft) |
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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. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Ambert (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃bɛʁ]; Auvergnat: Embèrt) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.
Ambert is the seat of the canton of Ambert and the arrondissement of Ambert. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. The arrondissement consists of eight cantons (before March 2015).
Ambert lies on the Dore River, a tributary of the Allier River.
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 market hall (popularized by Jules Romain in his novel Les copains).
The Agrivap Chemin de Fer Touristique operates 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 to 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 kilometres outside the main town.
Ambert was the birthplace of the mathematician Michel Rolle (1652–1719), composer Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894), and anthropologist Henri Pourrat (1887-1959), who collected the oral traditions of the Auvergne. It is also the birthplace of actor and director Pierre-Loup Rajot.
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