Bourg-en-Bresse

**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.

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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

## References
## Other websites
* City council website