Bourg en Bresse

Bourg-en-Bresse is a cooperative in eastern France, capital of the Ain office, and the capital of the antiquated area of Bresse. It is found 70 km north-upper east of Lyon. The occupants of Bourg-en-Bresse are known as Burgiens. Bourg-en-Bresse is situated at the western base of the Jura mountains, on the left bank of the Reyssouze, a tributary of the Saone. It lies 70 kilometers upper east of Lyon and 50 kilometers south-southwest of Lons-le-Saunier.

Roman remains have been found at Bourg, yet little is known about its initial history. It was most likely plundered by Goths in Late Antiquity. Raised to the position of a free town in 1250, it was toward the start of the 15th century the capital of the dukes of Savoy in the area of Bresse. In February 1535 it was vanquished by France amid a full-scale intrusion of Savoy, however was reestablished to Duke Philibert Emmanuel in 1559, when he wedded Henri II's sister Marguerite.

The duke later constructed a solid bastion, which subsequently withstood a six-months' attack by the warriors of Henry IV amid the Franco-Savoyard War of 1600– 1601. The town was at last surrendered to France in 1601. In 1814, the occupants, notwithstanding the unprotected state of their town, offered protection from the Austrians, who put the spot to pillage. The congregation of Notre-Dame has a facade worked in the Renaissance; different pieces of the congregation are Gothic.