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2 unusual facts about Ambérieu-en-Bugey


Ambarri

Several communes in today's Ain department of France derive their name from them, including: Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Ambérieux-en-Dombes, Ambutrix and Ambronay.

Lioré et Olivier LeO 45

The Germans were not especially interested in this airplane, but on 21 May 1943, Luftwaffe requested Regia Aeronautica to hand over 39 Lioré et Olivier LeO 451, captured by Italians troops in the SNCASE factory in Ambérieu-en-Bugey (Lyon).


Arbent

The newspaper Le Progrès publishes a local edition for the communes of Upper Bugey.

Lacuzon

He gained his first military experience when the French invaded Burgundy in 1636, harrying the French troops from the castles of Montaigu and Saint-Laurent-la-Roche, and devastating the frontier districts of Bresse and Bugey with fire and sword (1640-1642).

Louis Aleman

Aleman was born of a noble family at the castle of Arbent near Bugey.


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