Ambert

Ambert is a common French, located in the department of the Puy-de-Dôme and the area of Auvergne.
Elle is one of the four Sous-préfecture S of the department with Issoire, Riom and Thiers.
Its inhabitants is called Ambertois.

Administration

Geography

The commune is crossed, apart from the residential area, by the course of the Dore, affluent Allier.

The commune of Ambert is adherent Regional natural park Livradois-Drill.

Toponymy and etymology

In its Guide of mysterious Auvergne (Paris: Tchou, coll “Guides black”, 1973, various republications), Annette Lauras-Pourrat (girl of Henri Pourrat), reports that the name of Ambert would derive from Amberitus which would have meant, at the time Gallo-Roman, the “ford on the river” (the Dore).

It in addition quotes a thesis, not allotted, according to which Ambertois could have been “Ambivareti whose César brings back the dissidence of with Arvernes and who, even after Alésia, remained unsubdued”, adding that this name could have meant “those which are defended of any share” (by the mountains) and finishes by saying that “holding them of this thesis do not fail to make the bringing together with the sites of Amberg in Bavaria and Amber in India”.

Localities and variations

The Alleys, Aubignat, the Barge, Barrate, Beauvialle, Bégonie, Besseyre, Bioras, Boisseyre, Border them, Borie, Bost, Bracons, Brugerette, the Heathers, the Heathers of Châtelet, Bunangues, Caires, the Field of Jarrige, the Field of Clure, Chanabert, Chardie, Châtelet, Limes, Cleurettes, Collange, Combe, Combrias, Combris, the Cross-country race of Gilds, Cros of Montgolfier, Daragon, Étagnon, Faveguy, Fougedoire, Fournet, the Guard, Gerle, Germanangues, Gonlaud, Goyes, Large Cheix, Grandsaigne, Gratarelles, Ladrye, Ligonne, Loyes, Magnarot, Marcheval, Mareynat, the Farmhouse of Farge, Mass, Maufre, Meydat, Monteix, Montel, Montgolfier, Mill of Sagne, the Mill of the Lake, the Dry stone wall, Nouara, Web, Pellegrole, Perriers, the Board, Pomeyrolles, Bridge of Chauttes, Pouteyre, Poyet Marraud, Poyet Valentine, Pradelles, Reveret, Ribbe Low, Richard de Bas, Rodarie, the Rock, Rodde, Sagne, Saint-Pardoux, Saint-Pierre, Saint-Roch, the Soldier, Red Ground, the Outcry, Valeyre, Vaure, Alders under Goye, Vernadelle, Viallis, Villeneuve, large Vimal, small Vimal, Virands, Visseyre, Zol.

Incomplete list: miss the visible localities and variations on the charts blue IGN-Series 2732 E (St-Georges-in-Couzan) and 2733 E (St-Anthème-Viverols)

Communes bordering

History

Until the 15th century, the borough of Ambert was parcelled out in three specific districts, corresponding to a ternary division of the company: a commercial district, an ecclesiastical and monastic district, and a district “seigneurial”, which “mixed” starting from the construction of the strengthened enclosure known as of the 19 turns (disappeared today).

Ambert was very tested by the continuations of the Massacre of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. A band of Huguenots, ordered by the captain Blackbird, seized the city in 1574 and made there undergo plunderings, massacres and other maltreatment with a population mainly catholic. The city was then taken again by the catholics.

In a more peaceful register, the history of Ambert and all the surrounding communes is indissociable manufacture of the paper pulp containing rag of vegetable origin (hemp and flax), to which devoted themselves more than 300 mills to XVe century. The paper Masters had received their know-how of Italian Masters. The first pullings of the Encyclopedia or reasoned Dictionary of sciences, arts and the trades of Diderot and of Alembert, were printed besides on paper pulp of Ambert.

The brigand and smuggler Mandrin made a passage to Ambert on October 12th 1754; there always exists in the city a Tour Chuck .

The progressive decline of paper industry, starting from second half of the 18th century, was partially compensated by rise to power, as of the 17th century, of the trades of weaving, passementerie, the braid and the lace, the embroidery and the manufacture of chains.

Heraldic

The blazon of Ambert is: of azure, with the money cross confined of four gold clover.

Demography

Administration

Economy

Ambert is the seat of the Chamber of commerce and industry of Ambert.

Die wood, cheese, tourism, manufacture of braids and cables.

The station does not accommodate any more passenger trains, except the tourist train in season.

Gastronomy

  • the cheese called the Fourme of Ambert, AOC since 1972 ( Fourme of Ambert and Montbrison ) and 2002 ( Fourme of Ambert ).

Celebrities

Twinnings

  • , “cheese-making” twinning. To note that the joint committees undoubtedly did not do it purposely: the latitudes of the two cities are almost identical
  • , charter of the friendship

Inheritance

Religious heritage

  • Parish church Midsummer's Day, of Gothic invoice, built 1471 with 1550

Civil inheritance

  • Dolmen of Boisseyres
  • Monument Henri Pourrat
  • Monument Alexandre Vialatte

Structure

  • round Town hall, at the origin Market with the grains, built in 1816 to release the nave of the church where the trade of cereals was done since the Revolution. In 1823 is decided a vertical extension of the building, to lodge certain services (room of the Council, Indirect taxation).

  • Savings bank and two other buildings of the beginning of the XXe century, built in a style inspired of the architecture of the towns of water, with cupolas, etc

Museums

  • Museum of the farming machine and with vapor (association AGRIVAP, also administrative of the tourist train of the valley of Gilds)
  • Musée of the Fourme of Ambert
  • Moulin with paper Richard de Bas - Historical Museum of Paper

Animation

  • Media library Alexandre-Vialatte
  • Each year, cyclosportive the ''' the Buddies ''' takes place with Ambert and in its area; the departure proceeds with the " coin" of its town hall.
  • Each year also the festival of folklore the round of the buddies of the World animates during one week the small town auvergnate
  • Every two years the Fourmofolies gathers in love ones with regional and international cheese.

Files

  • parochial Registers and of civil statue since:
  • municipal Deliberations since:

Anecdote

Ambert is, with Issoire, one of the two sub-prefectures victims of the hoaxes arbitrary and anarchizing of the seven heroes of the '' Copains '', novel of Jules Romains published in 1913. The choice had been made on these two cities because, on a chart of France, they lorgnaient of an evil eye the seven friends. Yves Robert drew from it in 1964 a film from the same name (the Buddies), whose music was celebrates it title of Georges Brassens, Buddies initially.

See too

Common of the Puy-de-Dôme

External bonds

  • Pages devoted to Ambert on the site of the community of communes
  • Ambert on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Ambert on the site of INSEE
  • Ambert on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Ambert on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Site on the cinema the frontage with Plane Ambert
  • of Ambert on Mapquest
  • @mbert information, the site of information and current events of Livradois-Drill in Auvergne

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