page_title: Ambérieu-en-Bugey
section_title: Religious monuments
hierarchical_section_title: Ambérieu-en-Bugey / Culture and heritage / Religious monuments
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: L'église à proximité de la gare d'Ambérieu-en-Bugey.
context_page_description: Ambérieu-en-Bugey is a French commune in the department of Ain in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.
  It is the largest town in the arrondissement of Belley and the capital of the Canton of Ambérieu-en-Bugey which consists of 8 communes with a total of 21,226 inhabitants in 2007 with 17,466 inhabitants in its own urban area in 2010.
  It is also the capital of the historic region of Bugey.
  Its inhabitants are known as Ambarrois or Ambarroises. The city was called Ambérieu until 31 March 1955 when it became Ambérieu-en-Bugey.
  The city is known for being an important railway junction, but also for winning the Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with citation at the Liberation.
context_section_description: The Chapel of Our Lady of the Coast (18th century) at Saint-Germain. The Chapel contains two items which are registered as historical objects:
  A polychrome wooden Retable (16th century) depicting scenes from the life of the Blessed Virgin in 7 panels
  A Painting: Virgin of the Rosary with several Saints (1606)
  The Chapel of Allymes
  The Church of Saint-Symphorien (19th century) in the city centre.
  The Church dedicated to Saint Jean-Marie Vianney (20th century) in the railway station district.
  The Temple of the Reformed Church, in the Place Marcelpoil.
caption: The church of Saint-Jean-Marie-Vianney
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