Ambléon

Ambléon
Commune
An aerial view of Ambléon
Location of Ambléon
Ambléon Ambléon
Coordinates: 45°45′00″N 5°36′06″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Ain
Arrondissement	Belley
Canton	Belley
Intercommunality	Bugey Sud
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Annie Bionda
Area 1	5.88 km2 (2.27 sq mi)
Population  (2016)	110
• Density	19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	01006 /01300
Elevation	330–940 m (1,080–3,080 ft) (avg. 430 m or 1,410 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ambléon (pronounced [ɑ̃.ble.ɔ̃]) is a French commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ambléonais or Ambléonaises.

Geography

The village of Ambléon is located ten kilometres west of Belley and 60 km east of Lyon in a wetland (lakes, swamps, bogs) in the Bas-Bugey mountain range, 400 metres above sea level. The site is dominated by the Tentanet mountain (1019 m) on the slopes of which is the Lac d'Ambléon of glacial origin whose ecological interest is recognised.

Access to the commune is by road D24 which branches from the D10 south of the commune (north of Premeyzel) and passes through the commune to the village then continues north to join the D41 just north of the commune. The D41 road comes from Saint-Germain-les-Paroisses in the north through the commune then passes near Lac d'Ambléon before continuing over the mountains west to join the D79 road near Lhuis. The D41 does not pass through the village but there is a connecting country road from it to the village. There are a few other small country roads in the commune. There is some farming activity along the D24 road but most of the commune is forested hills and mountains.

The Serrin stream rises to the west of the village and passes through it before joining the Setrin stream which flows south through the commune to join the Gland stream south of the commune.

Administration

List of successive mayors of Ambléon

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1947	1965	Joannès Pezant
1965	1983	Jean Guillot
1983	2008	Henri Guillot	DVD
2008	2011	Odette Breidenstein-Jullien
2011	Present	Annie Bionda		Postmistress

(Not all data is known)

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	120	—
2007	125	+4.2%
2008	123	−1.6%
2009	120	−2.4%
2010	116	−3.3%
2011	112	−3.4%
2012	110	−1.8%
2013	108	−1.8%
2014	109	+0.9%
2015	109	+0.0%
2016	110	+0.9%

Politics

Presidential Elections 2nd Round

Election		Winning Candidate	Party	%
style="background-color: Template:En Marche!/meta/color" |	2017	Emmanuel Macron	EM	50.85
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2012	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	55.70
style="background-color: Template:Union for a Popular Movement/meta/color" |	2007	Nicolas Sarkozy	UMP	55.67
style="background-color: Template:Rally for the Republic/meta/color" |	2002	Jacques Chirac	RPR	79.22

Economy

Lac d'Ambléon

The Ambléon economy is based on agriculture (livestock and grain).

The town is located within the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone for the wines of Bugey.

Sites and monuments

• The Chateau of Ambléon (private residence)
• A Chapel (13th century)
• The War memorial to the maquis of Ambléon

Notable people linked to the commune

• Theodore Chavanton called Avanton, author of the folk novel The Lost Oasis (1945) and a teacher at the Ambléon school. His story takes place in Lombane (an anagram of Ambléon)

See also

• Communes of the Ain department

External links

• Community of communes of Bugey Sud website (in French)
• Ambléon on Lion1906
• Ambléon on Google Maps
• Ambléon on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Ambléon on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Ambléon on the INSEE website (in French)
• INSEE (in French)