Ambert (Puy-de-Dôme)

Ambert is a town in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.

Ambert (Puy-de-Dôme) mini guide

Ambert is famous for its Fourme-d'Ambert cheese and paper mills. It is also know for the circular town hall.

Fourme d'Ambert is one of France's oldest cheeses, originally produced in Roman times. It is a pasteurised cow's milk blue cheese. The cheese has a distinct, narrow cylindrical shape. The semi-hard cheese is iinjected with "penicillium roqueforti" spores and aged for at least 28 days. During this time at weekly intervals, the cheese is injected with a sweet white Vouvray wine.

There is a cheese museum and an old paper mill is open to visit.

Guide point	Details
Department:	Central France > Auvergne > Puy-de-Dôme >
Location:	Between the Limousin and Rhone-Alpes in the centre of the Auvergne
Public Transport:
Tourist information website:	www.tourisme.fr/office-de-tourisme/ambert.htm
Tourist information contact email:	ambert.tourisme@wanadoo.fr
Tourist information switch board number:	+ 33 (0)4 73 82 61 90
Tourist information address:	4, Place de Hôtel de Ville, 63600 Ambert, France
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