What is "bourg"

Usage examples of "bourg".

Bourg du Four and gone to his lodging, the Syndic sat frowning in his chair.

The little Massachusetts settlement, nestled under the wing of the Blue Hills, has no illusions concerning itself, never mistakes the cackle of the bourg for the sound that echoes round the world, and no more thinks of rivalling great centres of human activity than these slight papers dream of inviting comparison between themselves and important pieces of literature.

Following this matter, Casanova attended the Carnival at Oberleutensdorf, and left at Dux a manuscript headed 'Passe temps de Jacques Casanova de Seingalt pour le carnaval de l'an 1792 dans le bourg d'Oberleutensdorf'.

Setting out from the Tournelle, there was first the Bourg Saint-Victor, with its bridge of one arch over the Bièvre, its abbey, where was to be seen the epitaph of Louis the Fat, and its church with an octagon steeple flanked by four belfries of the eleventh century.