Ambilly

Ambilly is a common French, located in the department of the Haute-Savoie and the area the Rhone-Alps. Its inhabitants is called the Ambilliennes and the Ambilliens .

Geography

Ambilly is located in the northern suburbs of Annemasse, at the border with the Suisse. It is the smallest commune of the department of the Haute-Savoie, but also of the Savoy.

History

Heraldic

Etymology

History of the village/city

Culture and Inheritance

Architectural heritage

Closed Babuty, large house of Jurassic style, formerly property of Joseph Babuty who was mayor of Ambilly during 40 years. The house and the field were sold by the family of Buttet, going down from Babuty, with the commune of Ambilly in 1995.

Medieval period

Contemporary period

From the artistic point of view, Ambilly can be announced to have, in its town hall, a table of Maurice Boitel, lent by the Fonds National of Contemporary art (FNAC).

This table belongs to the one of the most interesting periods of the painter. From this time, it remains only little of tables, it quasi totality having been sold in Great Britain and in the United States.

Religious monuments

Vault of Saint-François Dirty (1957)

Environmental inheritance

Park Jean Beauquis, transport in 1978-79 by the municipality Beauquis (1969-1995) following the gift of the ground by the Baroness of Buttet.

Cultural heritage

Economy

Demography

Trade

Sports and leisures

Administrative life

Lists of the former mayors

Administration on the spot

Twinning

Others

Personalities related to the commune

Philippe Fargeon (1964-), former French footballer

See too

Common of Haute-Savoie

External bonds

Site of the town hall of Ambilly
Ambilly on the site of the national geographical Institute
Ambilly on the site of INSEE
Ambilly on the site of Quid

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