Bourg-en-Bresse

Bourg -en- Bresse ( [ ˌ buʀkɑbʀɛs ] ) is a town with 39 882 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in eastern France. It is located in the Rhône-Alpes region and is the capital of the department of Ain ​​and the seat of the municipal association Agglomà de Bourg -en- Bresse. Residents will Burgiens called while the residents of the Bresse region Bressans be called.

Geography

Bourg -en- Bresse is located on the western edge of the French Jura, on the left bank of Reyssouze, a tributary of the Saône. Lyon is located about 70 kilometers southwest and Lons -le- Saunier 50 kilometers north, 30 km west of Macon and Geneva, 120 km east of the city.

Coat of arms

Description: Green and Black split across the gap is a silver shamrock cross.

History

Besides Roman excavations little of the early history of the town is known. The city got right Bourg -en- Bresse in 1250; Beginning of the 15th century, the city was taken by the Dukes of Savoy, the capital of the province of Bresse. 1535 fell Bourg -en -Bresse in France, but was reconquered by Duke Emmanuel Philibert. This could fix the city, so she resisted a six-month siege by the troops of Henry IV. 1601 Bourg -en -Bresse but was ceded permanently to France.

Demographics

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bourg -en- Bresse

  • The Royal Monastery of Brou with great abbey church was built between 1505 and 1536 by Margaret of Austria, the widow of Philibert II ( Philibert the Handsome ); it contains the tombs of Margaret of Bourbon, Philibert and Margaret of Austria.
  • The Gothic Co- Cathedral Notre- Dame de Bourg (1505-1695) was a Renaissance facade from the 16th century. The portal is of 1545th The tower was built from 1652 to 1695, during the French Revolution cut and reconstructed in 1914.
  • The Musée de Brou is a collection of French, Flemish and Italian art from the 15th to the 20th century.
  • L' Hôtel- Dieu (XVII century) with Apothicairerie ( apothecary )
  • The Castle of the Dukes of Bresse
  • Porte des Jacobins (15th century)
  • In the inner city, many buildings from the 15th and 16th centuries, including the theater, the grenette district, the Kiosk à musique des Quinconces and the old Jesuit College.

Interior of the church

The town hall

Twinning

Bourg -en- Bresse maintains twinned with:

  • Germany Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland -Palatinate, Germany, since 1963
  • Italy Parma in Emilia -Romagna, Italy, since 1990
  • Italy San Severo in Apulia, Italy, since 2000
  • Belgium Namur in Wallonia, Belgium, since 1996
  • United Kingdom Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, UK, since 2000
  • Tunisia El Kef Governorate Kef, Tunisia, since 2000
  • Poland Brzeg in the Opole Voivodeship, Poland, since 2006

Sports

Best-known sports clubs are the U.S. Bressane playing Rugby Union, and the football club FC Bourg- Péronnas.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Claude Charles Aubry de La Boucharderie (1773-1813), General of Artillery
  • Julien Benneteau ( born 1981 ), tennis player
  • Émilien Cabuchet (1819-1902), sculptor
  • François Clerc ( b. 1983 ), football national player
  • Aimé Auguste Cotton (* 1869), Physicist
  • Jacques Di Donato ( born 1942 ), musician
  • Paul Fromin ( born 1950 ), composer and musician
  • Alain Giletti ( born 1939 ), figure skater
  • André Guy ( born 1941 ), football player
  • Jérôme Lalande (1732-1807), mathematician and astronomer
  • Daniel Morelon ( b. 1944 ), cyclist
  • Lionel Nallet (born 1976 ), captain of the French rugby union team
  • Peggy Provost ( b. 1977 ), football player
  • Edgar Quinet (1803-1875, Paris ), writer and historian

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