Ambérieu-en-Bugey is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the department of Ain

Ain

Ain is a department named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France. Being part of the region Rhône-Alpes and bordered by the rivers Saône and Rhône, the department of Ain enjoys a privileged geographic situation...

 in eastern France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

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It is the largest town in the arrondissement of Belley

Arrondissement of Belley

The arrondissement of Belley is an arrondissement of France, located in the Ain department, in the Rhône-Alpes region. It has 9 cantons and 107 communes.-Cantons:The cantons of the arrondissement of Belley are:# Ambérieu-en-Bugey# Belley...

 and the seat of the Ambérieu-en-Bugey canton, as well as the capital of the historic region of Bugey

Bugey

The Bugey is a historical region in the département of Ain , France. It is located in a loop of the Rhône River in the southeast of the département...

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Geography

The town lies in the commune's western part, on the right bank of the river Albarine

Albarine

The Albarine is a long river in the Ain département, eastern France. Its source is at Brénod. It flows generally southwest. It is a left tributary of the Ain into which it flows at Châtillon-la-Palud, northeast of Lyon.-Communes along its course:...

, which forms most of the commune's southern border.

Demography

External links

• Town website