Ambérieu-en-Bugey

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Commune of Ambérieu-en-Bugey
Location
Coordinates 45°57′32″N, 05°21′31″E
Administration
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).
France

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.