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Ambert
Subprefecture and commune
Town hall (originally the grain market)
Coat of arms
Location of Ambert
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Coordinates: 45°33′01″N 3°44′33″E / 45.5503°N 3.7425°E / 45.5503; 3.7425
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement	Ambert
Canton	Ambert
Intercommunality	Ambert Livradois Forez[1]
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Myriam Fougère[2]
Area 1	60.48 km2 (23.35 sq mi)
Population  (2014)	6,794
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
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)
Website	www.ville-ambert.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ambert is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central-southern France.

It is a subprefecture of the department and the capital of the arrondissement of Ambert.

Ambert is in the southeast of the Puy-de-Dôme department, at 37 km (23 mi) to the south of Thiers, 39 km (24 mi) to the east of Issoire and 57 km (35 mi) to the southeast of Clermont-Ferrand.

The commune is in the plain of Ambert, surrounded by mountains: the Monts du Forez to the east and the Monts du Livradois to the west. The town is along the Dore, a tributary of the Allier river.

Ambert has an area of 60.5 km² (23.4 sq mi),^[3] and its average altitude is 940 m (3,080 ft); at the city hall, the altitude is 560 m (1,840 ft).^[4]

The distances from Clermont-Ferrand to other cities are:

• Paris, the national capital - 494 km (307 mi);
• Lyon, the regional capital - 134 km (83 mi);
• Bordeaux - 477 km (296 mi);
• Marseille - 405 km (252 mi);
• Montpellier - 345 km (214 mi);
• Nantes - 608 km (378 mi);
• Nice - 560 km (350 mi);
• Strasbourg - 622 km (386 mi);
• Toulouse - 478 km (297 mi).

Ambert and its neighboring communes

Ambert is surrounded by the communes:

The climate of Ambert, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.

The inhabitants of Ambert are known, in French, as Ambertois (women: Ambertoises).^[5]

With a population of 6,794,^[6] Ambert has a population density of 112 inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population in Ambert

Ambert is a subprefecture of the Puy-de-Dôme department. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Ambert and the administrative centre (French: chef-lieu) of the canton of Ambert, formed 30 communes, including Ambert, with 18,178 inhabitants (2014).

It is part of the intercommunality Ambert Livradois Forez.

Ambert is twinned with:

• Annweiler, Germany, since 1988
• Saitama, Japan, since 1989
• Gorgonzola, Italy, since 2002.

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  Ambert.
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  Saint Jean church.
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  Train station of Ambert.
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  Fourme d'Ambert blue cheese.

• Arrondissements of the Puy-de-Dôme department
• Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ambert.

• City council website (in French)
• Office of tourism website Archived 2008-12-29 at the Wayback Machine (in French)