Ambérieu-en-Bugey

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Coordinates: 45°57′47″N 5°21′15″E / 45.963084, 5.354118

Commune of Ambérieu-en-Bugey

Location
Ambérieu-en-Bugey (France)
Ambérieu-en-Bugey
Administration
Country France
Region Rhône-Alpes
Department Ain
Arrondissement Belley
Canton Ambérieu-en-Bugey
Intercommunality Plaine de l'Ain
Mayor Gilles Piralla
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 237 m–753 m
(avg. 247 m)
Land area¹ 24.60 km²
Population²
(1999)
11,927
 - Density 484.8/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 01004/ 01500
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.
France

Ambérieu-en-Bugey is a commune in the French department of Ain.

It is the largest town in the arrondissement of Belley and the seat of the Ambérieu-en-Bugey canton, as well as the capital of the historic region of Bugey.

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