Place:Bourg-en-Bresse, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France

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NameBourg-en-Bresse
Alt namesBourgsource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 166
TypeCommune
Coordinates46.2°N 5.217°E
Located inBourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France
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Bourg-en-Bresse is the prefecture of the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Located northeast of Lyon, it is the capital of the ancient province of Bresse. In 2018, the commune had a population of 41,248.

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Roman remains have been discovered at Bourg, but little is known of its early history. It was probably pillaged by Goths in Late Antiquity. Raised to the rank of a free town in 1250, it was at the beginning of the 15th century the capital of the dukes of Savoy in the province of Bresse. In February 1535 it was conquered by France during a full-scale invasion of Savoy, but was restored to Duke Philibert Emmanuel in 1559, when he married Henri II's sister Marguerite. The duke later built a strong citadel, which afterwards withstood a six-months' siege by the soldiers of Henry IV during the Franco-Savoyard War of 1600–1601. The town was finally ceded to France in 1601. In 1814, the inhabitants, in spite of the defenseless condition of their town, offered resistance to the Austrians, who put the place to pillage.

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