Ambérieu-en-Bugey

Sister cities

• Mering

History

The name Ambérieu derives from the Ambarri tribe who inhabited the modern day Ain department. A number of archaeological discoveries relating to antiquity have been made in Ambérieu-en-Bugey: * in 1839 or 1840 a child's sarcophagus was found in the commune; * in the same neighbourhood, in the area of the ruins of the castle of Saint-Germain, an archaeological level was uncovered which contained barbarian tombs and also a chapel dating from the Middle Ages. Marcel Demia spoke of some young resistance fighters who he placed on isolated farms and the difficulties encountered in his organization. Henri Romans-Petit arrived in Ain in 1942 and began to help the resistance fighters of the STO and his host. Ambérieu-en-Bugey today has a street called Marcel Demia. The town was liberated on 3 September 1944 by troops who landed in Provence. Known for the actions of its resistance, particularly from the Maquis de l'Ain et du Haut-Jura the town was nicknamed "The Rebel Ambérieu" and was decorated with the Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with citation. On 31 March 1955 Ambérieu was renamed Ambérieu-en-Bugey.

Geography

Ambérieu-en-Bugey is 50 km northeast of Lyon, 30 km south of Bourg-en-Bresse, 73 km northwest of Aix-les-Bains, 76 km southeast of Mâcon and 104 km west of Geneva, Switzerland. The town is in the commune's western part, on the right bank of the river Albarine, which forms most of the commune's southern border. It is surrounded by the communes of Saint-Denis-en-Bugey, and Bettant. Its expansion is due to demographic expansion with two new housing areas on the eastern side of the town where there is plenty of land (near Bettant). Ambérieu-en-Bugey is located at the foot of the western foothills of the Jura mountains of Bugey and opens onto the plain of Ain at the mouth of the gorge of Albarine. Ambérieu features an "oceanic climate" (Cfb) under the Köppen system. However, the city contains significant seasonal differences between the warm to hot summers and the cool to cold winters. Both temperatures above for the summer months and winter air frosts are common. Its record low of decisively indicates its continental influence, as well as its record high of . Weather Data for Ambérieu-en-Bugey The commune is at an altitude between 237 m and 753 m. The sub-soil has been an important economic activity in the Ambérieu region in the 19th century until the first half of the 20th century. For example, the extraction of lignite (used in particular for heating) was an important activity in Ambérieu during the First World War. Ambérieu-en-Bugey reflects the characteristics of Bugey in geological terms: the region is composed of a folded mountain relief, partly karstified, which is the southern extension of the Jura mountains. The dating of the limestone of Bugey is between the Jurassic (for the anticlines) and the Cretaceous (for the…

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,580
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,572
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,135
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,105
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,096
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,073
• Eurasian Blackcap

  Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  933
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  840

Most recent

• M 3.3 — 2025-05-06
  8 km W of Chapareillan, France
• M 4.5 — 2022-03-12
  3 km S of Faverges, France
• M 3.2 — 2017-11-17
  10 km NNE of Saint-Rémy-de-Maurienne, France
• M 3.4 — 2013-04-06
  1 km SSW of Poisy, France
• M 2.8 — 2008-10-31
  5 km NE of Boëge, France
• M 2.5 — 2008-08-30
  2 km NNE of Saint-Martin-Bellevue, France