Ambérieu-en-Bugey
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Commune of Ambérieu-en-Bugey | |
Location | |
Coordinates | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Ain |
Arrondissement | Belley |
Canton | Ambérieu-en-Bugey |
Mayor | Gilles Piralla (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Altitude | m–m (avg. 247m) |
Land area¹ | 24.60 km² |
Population² (1999) |
11,927 |
- Density () | 484.8/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 01004/ 01500 |
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). | |
Ambérieu-en-Bugey is a commune in the French département of Ain.
It is the largest town in the Belley arrondissement and chief-town of the Ambérieu-en-Bugey canton, as well as the principal town of the historic region of Bugey.