Bresse
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- natural region of France
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Jura
- Area
- 4000
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- Commons category
- Bresse
- topic's main category
- Category:Bresse
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- La Bresse
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Agriculture and economy
- Demographics
- Towns in Bresse
- Bressan culture
- Sociological outline
- Bressan folklore
- Conscripts
- Dialect
- Tourism
- References
thumb|Map of France, with Bresse shaded red thumb|right|Typical Bresse farm house
Bresse () is a former French province. It is located in the regions of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté of eastern France. The geographical term Bresse has two meanings: Bresse bourguignonne (or louhannaise), which is situated in the east of the department of Saône-et-Loire, and Bresse, which is located in the department of Ain. The corresponding adjective is bressan, and the inhabitants are Bressans.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bresse” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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