Ambierle

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Ambierle

Total population

1,884

Elevation297 m

Land area30.76 km²

Coordinates46.10°, 3.90°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ambierle is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

François Billoux

French politician (1903-1978)

Jacques Dalbon, Seigneur de Saint Andre

Marshal of France

G

Georges de Laire

French chemist (1836–1908)

Jean Papon

French jurist (1505-1590)

Jean Gilbert Victor Fialin, duke of Persigny

French politician of the Second Empire (1808–1872)

Marie-Louise Rochebillard

French trade unionist (1860–1936)

Raymond Boisset

French sprinter (1912–1991)

R

René Lomet

French trade unionist (1933–2018)

Jean-Marie Odin

French Archbishop of New Orleans (1800-1870)

F

Filipa de Chantemilan

G

Gilbert Laurent

French politician (1857-1937)

J

Jean-Jacques Bénetière

French politician

François Claude Perroy

French politician

É

Étienne Dauphin

French priest

P

Paul Gallay

French writer

C

Claude James

French politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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• Lapalisse
  16.1 mi away · pop. 3,137
• Bourg-de-Thizy
  19.9 mi away
• Celles-sur-Durolle
  21.1 mi away · pop. 1,643
• Abrest
  21.6 mi away · pop. 2,919
• Feurs
  29.4 mi away · pop. 8,338
• Tarare
  29.7 mi away · pop. 10,428
• Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
  32.2 mi away · pop. 4,997
• Ternand
  32.3 mi away · pop. 724
• Pontcharra-sur-Turdine
  32.6 mi away · pop. 2,695
• Gannat
  33.4 mi away · pop. 5,759
• Aigueperse
  33.8 mi away · pop. 2,736
• Chazelles-sur-Lyon
  40 mi away · pop. 5,472

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

European Glow-worm

Lampyris noctiluca

Seen 2026-06-07

devil's-fingers

Clathrus archeri

Seen 2026-06-05

Speckled Yellow

Pseudopanthera macularia

Seen 2026-06-02

Brown Knapweed

Centaurea jacea

Seen 2026-05-31

Eurasian Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

Seen 2026-05-28

Large Red Damselfly

Pyrrhosoma nymphula

Seen 2026-05-27

Alpine Newt

Mesotriton alpestris

Seen 2026-05-27

Palmate Newt

Lissotriton helveticus

Seen 2026-05-27

European Common Frog

Rana temporaria

Seen 2026-05-27

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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