Bresse
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, which is situated in the east of the department of Saône-et-Loire, and Bresse, which is located in the department of Ain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Region
- Description: plain considered part of Burgundy
- Also known as: “La Bresse”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tuilerie de Varennes-Saint-Sauveur and Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Varennes-Saint-Sauveur.
Tuilerie de Varennes-Saint-Sauveur
Community center
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Tuilerie de Varennes-Saint-Sauveur is a community center.
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Varennes-Saint-Sauveur
Church
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Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Varennes-Saint-Sauveur is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cormoz and Curciat-Dongalon.
Cormoz
Village
Cormoz is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Cormoz is situated 6 km south of Bresse.
Curciat-Dongalon
Village
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Curciat-Dongalon is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Curciat-Dongalon is situated 8 km west of Bresse.
Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse
Village
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Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. The writer Rose Vincent was born there. Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse is situated 8 km north of Bresse.
Bresse
- Categories: plain and natural region of France
- Location: Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Ukrainian—“Bresse” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Bresse”
- Aragonese: “Senyoría de Bresse”
- Aragonese: “Siñoría de Bresse”
- Aragonese: “Sinyoría de Bresse”
- Arpitan: “Brêsse”
- Basque: “Bresse”
- Breton: “Bresse”
- Catalan: “Bresse”
- Catalan: “Comtat de Bresse”
- Catalan: “Comte de Bresse”
- Catalan: “Llista de senyors de Bresse”
- Catalan: “Llista de Senyors de Bresse”
- Catalan: “Senyor de Bresse”
- Catalan: “Senyora de Bresse”
- Catalan: “Senyoria de Bresse”
- Catalan: “Senyors de Bresse”
- Chinese: “布雷斯”
- Czech: “Bresse”
- Dutch: “Bresse (provincie)”
- Dutch: “Bresse”
- French: “Bresse”
- German: “Bresse”
- Hebrew: “ברס”
- Hungarian: “Bresse”
- Indonesian: “Bresse”
- Italian: “Bresse”
- Japanese: “ブレス (フランス)”
- Japanese: “ブレス”
- Japanese: “ブレス地方”
- Japanese: “ブレス州”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bresse”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Bressa”
- Piemontese: “Bress”
- Polish: “Bresse”
- Portuguese: “Bresse (região histórica)”
- Portuguese: “Bresse”
- Russian: “Бресс”
- Slovenian: “Bresse”
- Spanish: “Bresse”
- Spanish: “Señoria de Bresse”
- Ukrainian: “Бресс”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Sevron and Abbaye Notre-Dame du Miroir.
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