What is Ambronay?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Ambronay |image = Ambronay-cloitre.jpg |caption = Cloister of Ambronay Abbey |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Ambronay (Ain).svg |arrondissement = Belley |canton = Ambérieu-en-Bugey |INSEE = 01007 |postal code = 01500 |mayor = Robert Greffet |term = 2008–2014 |intercommunality = Plaine de l'Ain |coordinates = {{coord|46.0064|5.3611|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 246 |elevation min m = 225 |elevation max m = 765 |area km2 = 33.55 |population = 2362 |population date = 2010 }} '''Ambronay''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]]. It is found in the [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] [[Regions of France|region]] in the [[Ain]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the east of [[France]]. In 2010, 2362 people lived in the commune. The [[inhabitant]]s are the ''Ambrunois''. The local [[economy]] is mostly based around [[commerce]] and [[construction]]. The most important [[monument]]s in the commune are the [[Notre-Dame d'Ambronay]] [[abbey]] and the Gironville [[bastide]]. They are both classed as ''[[monuments historiques]]''. The ''Hôtel de ville'' is part of a 16th-century castle. Famous people from Ambronay include [[Louis Tholon]], inventor of the first direct vision [[spectroscope]]. {{Commonscat}} {{ain communes}} {{France-geo-stub}} [[Category:Communes in Ain]]