Ambronay
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Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
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| Coordinates: 46°00′23″N 5°21′40″E / 46.0064°N 5.3611°ECoordinates: 46°00′23″N 5°21′40″E / 46.0064°N 5.3611°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Ain | |
| Arrondissement | Belley | |
| Canton | Ambérieu-en-Bugey | |
| Intercommunality | Plaine de l'Ain | |
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| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Gisèle Levrat | |
| Area1 | 33.55 km2 (12.95 sq mi) | |
| Population (2014)2 | 2,570 | |
| • Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 01007 /01500 | |
| Elevation | 225–765 m (738–2,510 ft) (avg. 246 m or 807 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.
Ambronay (pronounced [ɑ̃.bʁɔ.ne]) is a French commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ambrunois or Ambrunoises
The commune of Ambronay is at the centre of a semicircle of mountains at the foot of the westernmost foothills of the Jura Mountains and is bordered in the west by the river Ain.
Anbronay is located some 50 km west of Annecy and some 50 km north-east of Lyon. The A42 autoroute (E611) traverses the western part of the commune from north to south with an exit to the D12 near the hamlet of Genoud. The D1075 road runs parallel to and east of the Autoroute from Pont-d'Ain in the north to Saint-Denis-en-Bugey in the south. The D12 and D12A road runs from Priay in the west through the commune to the village. The D36 road also runs north-east from the D1075 from the southern border of the commune to the village and continues north-east to Saint-Jean-le-Vieux. there are also numerous local roads covering the whole commune. A railway line runs from Pont d'Ain in the north to Amberieu-en-Bugey in the south parallel to and near the D1075 road. There is a railway station in the commune west of the village just north of the D12A road.
It is a rural commune with a land area of 3,355 hectares of which 720 are wooded - mostly in the east.
There are a number of hamlets in the commune. These are:
The highest point is at a place called le Morimont which rises to 643m; on the plain the lowest point is 299m near the hamlet of Genoud.
The Ain river flows to the south just west of the commune and a number of streams flow from the commune to this river including the Cozance and the Seymard. There are a number of small lakes to the north of the village.
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