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Ambilly

Tourism, holidays & weekends guide in the Haute-Savoie

Ambilly is a town in Haute-Savoie, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Its territory of 1.25 km² is the most modest in the department and has another specificity: it is bordered to the south by Annemasse and to the north, it borders Switzerland, the course of the Foron constituting the limit between the two countries.

Ambilly thus belongs to the cross-border agglomeration of Greater Geneva (the Swiss city being less than 10 km to the west).

Now highly urbanized (some 6,300 inhabitants), Ambilly was first occupied in Antiquity by a vast Gallo-Roman villa then, in the Middle Ages, its lands came under the bishopric of Geneva before the small seigneury was tossed about one noble family to another, from Switzerland to Savoy. It was not until the 19th century that the town was definitively integrated into France.

Well served by several communication routes (Leman Express rail network, Annemasse tramway, Grand Genève greenway), dotted with parks, the city deserves a stopover during a stay in the region.

Geographical information

MunicipalityAmbilly
Postcode74100
Latitude46.1941090 (N 46° 11’ 39”)
Longitude6.2230010 (E 6° 13’ 23”)
AltitudeFrom 410m to 434m
Surface area1.25 km²
Population6080 inhabitants
Density4864 inhabitants/km²
PrefectureAnnecy (51 km, 37 min)
Insee code74008
IntercommunalityCA Annemasse-Les Voirons-Agglomération
DepartmentHaute-Savoie
TerritoryAlps
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alps

Nearest cities & towns

Annemasse1.1 km (4 min)
Gaillard1.9 km (5 min)
Ville-la-Grand2.6 km (7 min)
Étrembières2.8 km (6 min)
Vétraz-Monthoux4.7 km (10 min)
Juvigny6.2 km (14 min)
Cranves-Sales6.7 km (15 min)
Monnetier-Mornex7.3 km (13 min)
Arthaz-Pont-Notre-Dame7.6 km (12 min)
Bossey8.2 km (12 min)
Bonne9 km (15 min)
Reignier-Ésery9.4 km (14 min)
Nangy9.7 km (13 min)
Lucinges9.9 km (19 min)

Things to see and do

In terms of heritage, a visit to Ambilly may include Clos Babuty, a 19th century Jura tradition villa which belonged to Joseph Babuty, mayor of the city from 1884 to 1924 and which was acquired by the municipality: the logis hosts meetings and conferences, and the park is now dedicated to walks.

Also worth seeing is the church of Saint-François-de-Sales, built in 1941 and then restored in 1971. It succeeded a previous chapel already adjacent to the site where in 1597 the future Saint François de Sales had planted a cross. It should be noted that the church does not have a bell tower (a project in this direction was abandoned).

Another form of heritage, the painting exhibited at the town hall, deposited by the National Contemporary Art Fund: it is a painting by Maurice Boitel representing the port of Ile d'Yeu (1960). Information on +33 5 50 38 05 26.

On the cultural side, the library, which has a pleasant outdoor reading garden, regularly schedules meetings with authors or illustrators, documentary screenings and even concerts. Information on +33 4 50 80 76 72.

For athletes, the Lucien Veyrat complex has a football field and the gymnasium of the same name is suitable for badminton or futsal. Information on +33 5 50 38 05 26.

Many green spaces dot the "small" city. This is the case of the Clos Babuty park, at the back of the villa with wooded space and flowered lawn, of the Jean Beauquis park, a real haven of peace in the historic center, of the Saint-François park, of the Charles Albert square., from the square de la Croix d'Ambilly, on the edge of Annemasse, which houses the cross planted by François de Sales in 1597 or finally from the square Claudius Chavanne in front of the Fraternity school.

For walks or even hikes on a larger scale, we recommend the banks of the Foron to better enjoy the flora and fauna that have recovered a real diversity and of course the greenway of Greater Geneva. It is 12 km long on the French side and extends in Switzerland to Geneva. What to walk or pedal in complete safety in an environment certainly urban but dominated by the massifs which border Lake Geneva.

Maps and information on +33 4 50 95 07 10.

Places of interest

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Events and festivities

Weather

Tuesday 19 march
Min. 6°C - Max. 15°C
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Wednesday 20 march
Min. 7°C - Max. 17°C
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Thursday 21 march
Min. 10°C - Max. 16°C
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Visits, leisure and activities nearby

Leisure activities

Last nameActivity typeRateCity
CrazySchool - Cultural and educational leisure park
Entertainment25 € Cranves-Sales (4.5 km)
Hike in Scotland
Nature and the great outdoors850 € Monnetier-Mornex (5.5 km)
Canyoning in Haute-Savoie
Sports sensations45 € to 60 € Viuz-en-Sallaz (15.4 km)
Water skiing on Lake Geneva
Sports sensations40 € Sciez (21 km)
Themed Escape Game
Entertainment24 € Annecy (26 km)

Outings

Last nameOuting typeDifficultyDurationDeparture municipality
Mijouet circuit through the woods of Juffly
HikeEasy1:30Fillinges (10 km)
From the Senoche wine estate to Pierre à Martin
HikeEasy1:30Ballaison (13.7 km)
Circuit The low mountains of the Pays de Gex
HikeIntermediate4:45Péron (23 km)
Tour de Haute Pointe
HikeIntermediate4:50Mieussy (25 km)
Mont Ouzon
HikeIntermediate2:45Le Biot (34 km)

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