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ID: 7012558
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7012558
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Bourg-en-Bresse (inhabited place)  Bourg-en-Bresse (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 46 12 16 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 46.2045  decimal degrees
Long: 005 13 40 E  degrees minutes   Long: 5.2279  decimal degrees

Note: The main center for Bresse-Dombes lowlands; made chief city of Bresse by dukes of Savoy early 15th cen.; has 16th-cen. Gothic Notre-Dame church & museum of antiquities; economy depends on light manufacturing, farm trade & tourism.

Names:
Bourg-en-Bresse (preferred,C,V)
Bourg (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region (administrative division))  ............  Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Bourg-en-Bresse (inhabited place)  ................  Bourg-en-Bresse (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
department capital (C)
market center (C)  ............  since 11th cen.
trade center (C)
tourist center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Bourg..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 166
Bourg-en-Bresse..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 428
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.............................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 32
.............................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
.............................  Van Marle, Pittura Italiana (1932)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 428
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1414325
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 32
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Van Marle, Pittura Italiana (1932)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 166
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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