Ambérieu-en-Bugey

2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personal). 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. ...

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Ain is a département named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France bordering Switzerland. Ain - History. The département was one of the 83 départements created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from four former provinces: Bresse, Bugey, Dombres, and Gex, and part of a fifth: Franc-Lyonnais. The area was originally part of the ancient kingdom of Burgundy, before it was ceded to France by the dukes of Savoy in 1601. From 1798 to 1814, ...

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The following is a list of the 419 communes of the Ain département in France. (CAB) Communauté d'agglomération of Bourg-en-Bresse, (created in 2001). INSEE - Post# - Commune 01001 - 01400 - L'Abergement-Clémenciat 01002 - 01640 - L'Abergement-de-Varey 01004 - 01500 - Ambérieu-en-Bugey 01005 - 01330 - Ambérieux-en-Dombes 01006 - 01300 - Ambléon 01007 - 01500 - Ambronay 01008 - 01500 - Ambutrix 01009 - 01300 - ...

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Arrondissement of Belley - Cantons. The cantons of Belley are: Ambérieu-en-Bugey Belley Champagne-en-Valromey Hauteville-Lompnes Lagnieu Lhuis Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey Seyssel Virieu-le-Grand Arrondissement of Belley - Communes. The communes of Belley are: Ambérieu-en-Bugey Ambléon Ambronay Ambutrix Andert-et-Condon AnglefortSee also:

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Meximieux has been twinned with German town of Denkendorf, in Bade-Wurtemberg since 1986. The town was the birthplace of Claude Favre de Vaugelas. ...

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The département was one of the 83 départements created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from four former provinces: Bresse, Bugey, Dombres, and Gex, and part of a fifth: Franc-Lyonnais. The area was originally part of the ancient kingdom of Burgundy, before it was ceded to France by the dukes of Savoy in 1601. From 1798 to 1814, Gex was separated and became part of the département of Léman. Six communes of the southwest were separated from Ain in 1967 and became part ...

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The département is cut in half along a north-south line by the Ain River. The west consists of plains and low plateaus. The east is more mountainous, consisting of the southern extension of the Jura mountains. The highest elevation in the département (and in the Jura mountains) is the Crêt de la Neige (1720 m). Ain is surrounded by the French départements of Jura, Saône-et-Loire, Rhône, Isère, Savoie, and Haute-Savoie. On the east, it borders the S ...

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