Ambert
Ambert | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
| Town hall (originally the grain market) Town hall (originally the grain market) | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme |
| Arrondissement | Ambert |
| Canton | Ambert |
| Intercommunality | Ambert Livradois Forez |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Guy Gorbinet[1] |
Area 1 | 60.48 km2 (23.35 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 63003 /63600 |
| Elevation | 514–1,365 m (1,686–4,478 ft) (avg. 527 m or 1,729 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Ambert (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃bɛʁ] Audio file "Fr-Ambert.ogg" not found; Auvergnat: Embèrt) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.
Administration
[edit | edit source]Ambert is the seat of the canton of Ambert and the arrondissement of Ambert. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. The arrondissement consists of eight cantons (before March 2015).
Geography
[edit | edit source]Ambert is located in the southeast of the Puy-de-Dôme department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
The commune lies on the river Dore, a tributary of the Allier.
Population
[edit | edit source]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 7,328 | — |
| 1975 | 7,603 | +0.53% |
| 1982 | 7,722 | +0.22% |
| 1990 | 7,420 | −0.50% |
| 1999 | 7,309 | −0.17% |
| 2007 | 7,016 | −0.51% |
| 2012 | 6,852 | −0.47% |
| 2017 | 6,671 | −0.53% |
| Source: INSEE[2] | ||
Sights
[edit | edit source]Ambert is famous for its fourme d'Ambert cheese - "Fourme d'Ambert", its paper mills - "Le moulin Richard de Bas" - (the first edition of Diderot's Encyclopédie was printed on paper made in Ambert) and its circular town market hall - "La Mairie" - (popularized by Jules Romains in his novel Les copains).
The Agrivap Chemin de Fer Touristique operates out of Ambert.[3] There is a steam engine that makes a local run, but to see the line in full a ride on the Panoramique Autorail is not to be missed.
There is an industrial museum with an interesting collection of tractors and small steam engines.
In the town the Museum of Cheese is worth a visit, as is the old paper mill a few kilometres outside the main town.
Personalities
[edit | edit source]Ambert was the birthplace of the mathematician Michel Rolle (1652–1719), composer Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894), and anthropologist Henri Pourrat (1887–1959), who collected the oral traditions of the Auvergne. It is also the birthplace of actor and director Pierre-Loup Rajot (1958–).
International relations
[edit | edit source]Ambert is twinned with:
- Germany Annweiler, Germany, since 1988
- Japan Higashichichibu, Saitama, Japan, since 1989
- Italy Gorgonzola, Italy, since 2002. Both cities, known for their blue cow's-milk cheeses (cheese and Fourme d'Ambert), have almost the same latitude: 45° 32' N for Gorgonzola, 45° 33' N for Ambert.
Touristic places near Ambert
[edit | edit source]Some semi-famous places to go when visiting Ambert, France are:
- La Mairie (a round town hall, fun when the farmer's market is there)
- Le Moulin Richard-de-Bas (a paper mill, with a great tour for all ages, workshops, activities and a nice little garden)
Climate
[edit | edit source]| Climate data for Ambert, elevation 555 m (1,821 ft), (1993–2020 normals, extremes 1993–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.3 (68.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
32.6 (90.7) |
39.6 (103.3) |
38.5 (101.3) |
39.9 (103.8) |
35.9 (96.6) |
32.2 (90.0) |
25.0 (77.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
39.9 (103.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) |
8.1 (46.6) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.8 (78.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
16.8 (62.2) |
10.5 (50.9) |
7.1 (44.8) |
16.1 (61.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.3 (36.1) |
3.1 (37.6) |
6.1 (43.0) |
8.9 (48.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
14.3 (57.7) |
11.1 (52.0) |
6.0 (42.8) |
3.0 (37.4) |
10.1 (50.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
2.5 (36.5) |
6.3 (43.3) |
9.6 (49.3) |
11.2 (52.2) |
10.7 (51.3) |
7.4 (45.3) |
5.3 (41.5) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
4.1 (39.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.4 (0.7) |
−21.0 (−5.8) |
−22.1 (−7.8) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
−19.8 (−3.6) |
−22.1 (−7.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 58.7 (2.31) |
47.5 (1.87) |
47.2 (1.86) |
65.1 (2.56) |
90.3 (3.56) |
78.6 (3.09) |
89.7 (3.53) |
86.9 (3.42) |
80.6 (3.17) |
76.8 (3.02) |
80.5 (3.17) |
58.3 (2.30) |
860.2 (33.87) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.7 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 11.2 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 119.1 |
| Source: Meteociel[4] | |||||||||||||
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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