Title: Bourg-en-Bresse Content: 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. ==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 . Its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . The distances from Bourg-en-Bresse to other cities are: * Paris, the national capital - ; * Lyon, the regional capital - ; * Reims - ; * Bordeaux - ; * Toulouse - ; * Montpellier - ; * Strasbourg - ; * Nantes - ; * Marseille - .  The commune of Bourg-en-Bresse is surrounded by the communes Viriat, Jasseron, Saint-Just, Montagnat, Péronnas and Saint- Denis-lès-Bourg. ===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 inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Bourg-en-Bresse Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:45000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:5000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:2500 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2006 text:2006 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 37887 bar:1975 from:0 till: 42181 bar:1982 from:0 till: 41098 bar:1990 from:0 till: 40972 bar:1999 from:0 till: 40666 bar:2006 from:0 till: 40156 bar:2014 from:0 till: 40967 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 37887 fontsize:S text: 37,887 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 42181 fontsize:S text: 42,181 shift:(-15,5) bar:1982 at: 41098 fontsize:S text: 41,098 shift:(-15,5) bar:1990 at: 40972 fontsize:S text: 40,972 shift:(-15,5) bar:1999 at: 40666 fontsize:S text: 40,666 shift:(-15,5) bar:2006 at: 40156 fontsize:S text: 40,156 shift:(-15,5) bar:2014 at: 40967 fontsize:S text: 40,967 shift:(-15,5) 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 . 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 . ==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  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 . === Twinned and partner towns === Bourg-en-Bresse is twinned with: * Bad Kreuznach, Germany, since 1963 Additionally, it has established partnerships withː * Parma, Italy, since 1990 * Namur, Belgium, since 1996 * Aylesbury, United Kingdom, since 2000 * El Kef, Tunisia, since 2000 * San Severo, Italy, since 2004 * Brzeg, Poland, since 2006 ==Gallery== File:L'église de Brou en juin 2014.JPG|Saint-Nicolas-de-Tolentin de Brou church. File:Préfecture.Ain.JPG|Prefecture building of the Ain department. File:Théâtre Bourg Bresse 32.jpg|Municipal theater. File:Château Pennesuyt Bourg Bresse 4.jpg|Château de Pennesuyt castle. File:Porte des Jacobins (Bourg-en-Bresse) - 2.JPG|Porte des Jacobins (Bourg-en-Bresse). ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse * Communes of the Ain department