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Encyclopedia Britannica



BRESSE

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 499 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BOS-BRI
BRESSE , a
district
  of eastern France embracing portions of the departments of Ain, Saone-et-Loire and Jura. The Bresse extends from the Dombes on the
south
  to the river Doubs on the north, and from the Saone eastwards to the Jura, measuring some 6o m. in the former, and 20 M. in the latter direction. It is a plain varying from 600 to Boo ft. above the sea, with few eminences and a slight inclination westwards. Heaths and coppice alternate with pastures and arable land; pools and marshes are numerous, especially in the north. Its
chief
  rivers are the Veyle, the Reyssouze and the Seille, all tributaries of the Saone. The soil is a gravelly clay but moderately fertile, and cattle-raising is largely carried on. The region is, however, more especially celebrated for its table poultry. The inhabitants pre-serve a distinctive but almost obsolete costume, with a curious head-dress. The Bresse proper, called the Bresse Bressane, comprises the northern portion of the department of Ain. The greater
part
  of the
district
  belonged in the middle ages to the lords of Bage, from whom it passed in 1272 to the
house
  of Savoy. It was not till the first half of the 15th
century
  that the province, with Bourg as its
capital
 , was founded as such. In 16or it was ceded to France by the treaty of Lyons, after which it formed (together with the province of Bugey) first a
separate
  government and afterwards
part
  of the government of
Burgundy
 .


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