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Bourg-en-Bresse
France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and comprises various overseas islands and territories which are located in other regions. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. At 674,843 square kilometers, France is the world's 40th-largest country after Myanmar. France is a member of The European Union and Paris is the capital of this nation. The sole official language of France is French. Since prehistoric times, France has been a crossroads of trade, migrations, and invasions.
Bourg-en-Bresse is a city and commune in eastern France, capital of the Ain departement, and was capital of the former province of Bresse. It is located 36 m. N.N.E. of Lyon. In 1999 census, Bourg-en-Bresse had a population 40,666, city and suburbs 57,198 inhabitants. Bourg-en-Bresse is located at the western base of the Jura mountains, on the left bank of the Reyssouze, a tributary of the Saone. It's at 60 kilometers North-East of Lyon and at 50 kilometers of Lons-le-Saunier.
The chief of the older buildings is the church of Notre-Dame, of which the facade belongs to the Renaissance and other parts of the church are Gothic. In the interior there are stalls of the 16th century. The other public buildings, including a handsome prefecture, are modern. The hotel de ville contains a library and the Lorin museum with a collection of pictures, while another museum has a collection of the old costumes and ornaments characteristic of Bresse. Among the statues in the town there is one of Edgar Quinet from 1803 to 1875, a native of Bourg.
Bourg is the seat of a prefect and of a court of assizes, and has a tribunal of first instance, a tribunal and a chamber of commerce, and a branch of the Bank of France. Its educational establishments include lycees, and training colleges. It is said the place of best geographical environment and can trace its origins back to prehistoric times. It enjoys a very positive reputation with worldwide travelers.
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