Ambierle
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Roanne | |
| Canton | Renaison | |
| Community association | Roannais agglomeration | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 6 ′ N , 3 ° 54 ′ E | |
| height | 297-843 m | |
| surface | 30.76 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,915 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 62 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 42820 | |
| INSEE code | 42003 | |
| Website | http://www.ambierle.fr/ | |
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Ambierle is a French commune with 1,915 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Ambierle belongs to the Arrondissement of Roanne and the canton of Renaison (until 2015: canton of Saint-Haon-le-Châtel ). The inhabitants are called Ambierlois .
geography
Ambierle is about 15 kilometers northwest of Roanne in the Forez . Here in the vineyards is the Côte Roannaise wine-growing region . Ambierle is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Changy in the north, Saint-Forgeux-Lespinasse in the northeast, Saint-Germain-Lespinasse in the east, Saint-Haon-le-Vieux in the south, Saint-Rirand in the southwest and Saint-Bonnet-des-Quarts in the West and northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,486 | 1,455 | 1,422 | 1,592 | 1,763 | 1,728 | 1,811 | 1,806 |
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Attractions
- Former Benedictine abbey, later Ambierle priory, rebuilt in the 15th century with the Pierrefite chapel, with the Saint-Martin church, monument historique since 1840/1975
- Saint-Nizier church
- Alice Tavern Museum
Priory and Saint-Martin Church
Saint-Nizier church
