Canton Of Ambérieu-en-Bugey
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canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ent ...
of Ambérieu-en-Bugey is an administrative division of the
Ain Ain (, ; frp, En) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Named after the Ain river, it is bordered by the Saône and Rhône rivers. Ain is located on the country's eastern edge, on the Swiss border, where it ...
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, eastern
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Ambérieu-en-Bugey Ambérieu-en-Bugey (; frp, Ambèriô) is a commune in the department of Ain, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. It is the largest town in the arrondissement of Belley and the capital of the Canton of Ambérieu-en-Bugey which consists of ...
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Political representation


Department councillors since 2015


Composition


Composition prior to 2015

The canton of Ambérieu-en-Bugey consisted of 8 communes with a population of 22,151 in 2010.


Composition since 2015

The new canton consists of 18 communes in their entirety:


Pictures of the canton


See also

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Cantons of the Ain department This article presents a list of Cantons in the Ain department of France. Consisting of 49 cantons A canton is a type of administrative division of a country. In general, cantons are relatively small in terms of area and population when compared w ...
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Communes of France The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equi ...


References

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