Title: Ambert Content: Ambert is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in central-southern France. It is a subprefecture of the department and the capital of the arrondissement of Ambert. ==Geography== Ambert is in the southeast of the Puy-de-Dôme department, at to the south of Thiers, to the east of Issoire and to the southeast of Clermont-Ferrand. The commune is in the plain of Ambert, surrounded by mountains: the Monts du Forez to the east and the Monts du Livradois to the west. The town is along the Dore, a tributary of the Allier river. Ambert has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . The distances from Clermont- Ferrand to other cities are: * Paris, the national capital - ; * Lyon, the regional capital - ; * Bordeaux - ; * Marseille - ; * Montpellier - ; * Nantes - ; * Nice - ; * Strasbourg - ; * Toulouse - .  Ambert is surrounded by the communes: ===Climate=== The climate of Ambert, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers. ==Population== The inhabitants of Ambert are known, in French, as Ambertois (women: Ambertoises). With a population of 6,794, Ambert has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Ambert Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:323 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:8000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:2000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:500 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2008 text:2008 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 7328 bar:1975 from:0 till: 7603 bar:1982 from:0 till: 7722 bar:1990 from:0 till: 7420 bar:1999 from:0 till: 7309 bar:2008 from:0 till: 6975 bar:2014 from:0 till: 6794 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 7328 fontsize:S text: 7.328 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 7603 fontsize:S text: 7,603 shift:(-15,5) bar:1982 at: 7722 fontsize:S text: 7,722 shift:(-15,5) bar:1990 at: 7420 fontsize:S text: 7,420 shift:(-15,5) bar:1999 at: 7309 fontsize:S text: 7,309 shift:(-15,5) bar:2008 at: 6975 fontsize:S text: 6,975 shift:(-15,5) bar:2014 at: 6794 fontsize:S text: 6,794 shift:(-15,5) ==Administration== Ambert is a subprefecture of the Puy-de-Dôme department. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Ambert and the administrative centre  of the canton of Ambert, formed 30 communes, including Ambert, with 18,178 inhabitants (2014). It is part of the intercommunality Ambert Livradois Forez. === Sister cities === Ambert is twinned with: * Annweiler, Germany, since 1988 * Saitama, Japan, since 1989 * Gorgonzola, Italy, since 2002. ==Gallery== File:Ambert.jpg|Ambert. File:France Auvergne Rhone Alpes 63 Ambert Eglise Saint Jean 01.jpg|Saint Jean church. File:Ambert Gare 2007.jpg|Train station of Ambert. File:Fourme d'Ambert-2.jpg|Fourme d'Ambert blue cheese. ==Related pages== * Arrondissements of the Puy-de-Dôme department * Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department