Ambert ( French pronunciation: [ɑ̃bɛʁ] ; Auvergnat : Embèrt ) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France .
5-536: Ambert is the seat of the canton of Ambert and the arrondissement of Ambert . It is a sub-prefecture of the department. The arrondissement consists of eight cantons (before March 2015). Ambert lies on the river Dore , a tributary of the Allier . Ambert is famous for its fourme d'Ambert cheese - "Fourme d'Ambert", its paper mills - "Le moulin Richard de Bas" - (the first edition of Diderot 's Encyclopédie
10-458: Is 1,229.8 km (474.8 sq mi). The communes of the arrondissement of Ambert, and their INSEE codes , are: The arrondissement of Ambert was created in 1800, disbanded in 1926 and restored in 1942. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Puy-de-Dôme, it gained three communes from the arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand . As a result of the reorganisation of
15-557: Is twinned with: Some semi-famous places to go when visiting Ambert, France are: This Puy-de-Dôme geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Arrondissement of Ambert The arrondissement of Ambert is an arrondissement of France in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It has 58 communes . Its population is 27,606 (2016), and its area
20-525: The town the Museum of Cheese is worth a visit, as is the old paper mill a few kilometres outside the main town. Ambert was the birthplace of the mathematician Michel Rolle (1652–1719), composer Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894), and anthropologist Henri Pourrat (1887–1959), who collected the oral traditions of the Auvergne. It is also the birthplace of actor and director Pierre-Loup Rajot (1958–). Ambert
25-576: Was printed on paper made in Ambert) and its circular town market hall - "La Mairie" - (popularized by Jules Romains in his novel Les copains ). The Agrivap Chemin de Fer Touristique operates out of Ambert. There is a steam engine that makes a local run, but to see the line in full a ride on the Panoramique Autorail is not to be missed. There is an industrial museum with an interesting collection of tractors and small steam engines. In
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