Ambérieu-en-Bugey

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The Château des Allymes

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Coat of arms

Ambérieu-en-Bugey is a commune. It is found in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the Ain department in the east of France. In 2010, 13,835 people lived in the commune. The inhabitants are the Ambarrois. The local economy is mostly based around commerce, industry, construction and agriculture. The most important monuments in the commune are the Château des Allymes, a castle from the 13th century and the Tour de Gy (officially called La maison forte de Saint-Germain), a fortified house from the 14th century. Both monuments are listed as monuments historiques. Famous people from Ambérieu-en-Bugey include Laure Manaudou and Florent Manaudou, both French swimmers.

Ambérieu-en-Bugey Media

• Vialatte - AMBERIEU - Gare des Tramways de Cerdon et Ars.JPG

  From 1897 to 1951 the town was served by the Tramways of Ain, a metric gauge light railway linking it to Cerdon and Ars-sur-Formans. *Here can be seen the station.

• Entrée gare d'Ambérieu.JPG

  Entry to Ambérieu station.

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  The D1504 road and the railway line from Lyon to Geneva

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  Representation of a Dassault Mirage III in Ambérieu-en-Bugey

• Ambarri gold coin 5 to 1st century BCE.jpg

  Gold coin of Ambarri, Gallic people occupied the territory of today's department of Ain and their name explains the toponym Ambérieu-en-Bugey

• Musée du cheminot railway museum, conserving years of rail history, in the French commune of Ambérieu-en-Bugey in Ain.

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  Sign "Town of autobiography"

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  Stamp of the Masonic Lodge

• La tour de Gy.JPG

  La maison forte de Saint-Germain (Ain)

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  Château des Allymes in Ambérieu-en-Bugey, dep. Ain, France