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Bourg-en-Bresse

Prefecture building of the Ain department

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Bourg-en-Bresse

Location in France

Bourg-en-Bresse

Location in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Country

Bourg-en-Bresse-1 and 2

Intercommunality

Bourg-en-Bresse

Area

23.86 km² (9.21 sq mi)

Population

(2014)

40,967

• Density

1,717.0/km² (4,446.9/sq mi)

Time zone

UTC+01:00 (CET)

• Summer (DST)

UTC+02:00 (CEST)

INSEE/Postal code

01053 /01000

Elevation

220–273 m (722–896 ft)
(avg. 240 m or 790 ft)

Website

bourgenbresse.fr

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bourg-en-Bresse is a commune in the Ain department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in east France. It is the prefecture of the department and the capital of the arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse.

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Geography

Bourg-en-Bresse is located at the western base of the Jura Mountains, on the left bank of the Reyssouze river, a tributary of the Saône.

The commune has an area of 23.9 km² (9.2 sq mi). Its average altitude is 247 m (810 ft); at the city hall, the altitude is 230 m (750 ft).

The distances from Bourg-en-Bresse to other cities are:

Paris, the national capital - 429 km (267 mi);
Lyon, the regional capital - 81 km (50 mi);
Reims - 445 km (277 mi);
Bordeaux - 616 km (383 mi);
Toulouse - 617 km (383 mi);
Montpellier - 378 km (235 mi);
Strasbourg - 417 km (259 mi);
Nantes - 669 km (416 mi);
Marseille - 393 km (244 mi).

Bourg-en-Bresse and its neighboring *communes*

The commune of Bourg-en-Bresse is surrounded by the communes Viriat, Jasseron, Saint-Just, Montagnat, Péronnas and Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg.

Viriat	Viriat	Jasseron
Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg		Saint-Just
	Bourg-en-Bresse

Péronnas	Péronnas	Montagnat

Climate

The climate of Bourg-en-Bresse, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.

Population

The inhabitants of Bourg-en-Bresse are known, in French, as Burgiens (women: Burgiennes').

Bourg-en-Bresse has a population, in 2014, of 40,967 and its population density is of 1,717.0 inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population in Bourg-en-Bresse

Bourg-en-Bresse forms, with other 4 communes, the urban area of Bourg-en-Bresse with a population of 59,816 inhabitants (2014) and an area of 102.4 km² (39.5 sq mi). This urban area is the centre of the metropolitan area of Bourg-en-Bresse, formed by 69 communes, with a population of 125,863 inhabitants (2014) and an area of 1,117.1 km² (431.3 sq mi).

Administration

Bourg-en-Bresse is the prefecture of the Ain department since 1800. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse and the administrative centre (French: chef-lieu) of two cantons:

Bourg-en-Bresse-1 formed by one commune and part of Bourg-en-Bresse, with 31,801 inhabitants (2014).
Bourg-en-Bresse-2 formed by 3 communes and part of Bourg-en-Bresse, with 28,101 inhabitants (2014).

It is part of the intercommunality Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse (French: Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse).