Bourg-en-Bresse,

Bourg-en-Bresse, the chief town of the French department of Ain, on the Reysseuse, at the junction of five railways, 23 miles SE. of Mâcon, and 37 miles NE. of Lyons. The church of Notre-dame de Brou here was built by Margaret of Austria in 1505-36, and contains a superb monument to Philibert of Savoy. Bourg manufactures artificial mineral waters and pottery, and has a brisk trade in corn, wine, poultry, and horned cattle. Here were born Lalande and Edgar Quinet, and in the Place de Grenette stands a statue to Bichat. Pop. (1872) 12,912; (1891) 17,716.