Bourg-en-Bresse | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
Coordinates: 46°12′20″N 5°13′44″E / 46.2056°N 5.2289°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Ain |
Arrondissement | Bourg-en-Bresse |
Canton | Bourg-en-Bresse-1 and 2 |
Intercommunality | Bourg-en-Bresse |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-François Debat |
Area 1 | 23.86 km2 (9.21 sq mi) |
Population (2014) | 40,967 |
• Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/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.
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).[1] Its average altitude is 247 m (810 ft); at the city hall, the altitude is 230 m (750 ft).[2]
The distances from Bourg-en-Bresse to other cities are:
The commune of Bourg-en-Bresse is surrounded by the communes Viriat, Jasseron, Saint-Just, Montagnat, Péronnas and Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg.
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The climate of Bourg-en-Bresse, in the Köppen climate classification, is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers.[3]
The inhabitants of Bourg-en-Bresse are known, in French, as Burgiens (women: Burgiennes').[4]
Bourg-en-Bresse has a population, in 2014, of 40,967[5] 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).[6] 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).[7]
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:
It is part of the intercommunality Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse (French: Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Bourg-en-Bresse).
Bourg-en-Bresse is twinned with:
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