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Bresse ( Arpitan: Brêsse) is a former French province. It is located in the regions of Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne, and 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.
Bresse extends from the Dombes on the south to the Doubs River on the north, and from the Saône eastwards to the Jura mountains, measuring some 60 miles in the former, and 20 miles in the latter direction. It is a plain varying from 600 to 800 feet 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 Saône. 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.
Bresse is an area and former province in eastern France.
Bresse may also refer to:
- The Bresse Gauloise breed of chicken, which within the area of Bresse is known as "Bresse"
- The poulet de Bresse, an appellation d'origine contrôlée chicken product derived from the above
- Bresse Bleu or Bleu de Bresse, a blue cheese from the area
- Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse, French civil engineer
Usage examples of "bresse".
So without loss of time he despatched to Rome Philippe de Bresse, afterwards Duke of Savoy, with orders to intimate to the Holy Father his displeasure at this conduct.
However, in 1560 Madame Angele de Bresse established such an order in Italy, with the same rules as the Augustinian order.
The one that would take them most quickly to rugged country entailed a short voyage northeast, across the narrow upper portion of the Lac de Bresse to canyons leading into the heavily forested Vosges highlands.
So they beheld you on the shore of the Lac de Bresse in your bid for freedom.
Madame d'Urfe was not there, she had gone to an estate of hers at Bresse.
Progress was by no means rapid, but once he was in the Lac de Bresse it would be clear sailing to the trailhead of the Western Track-and then, on to Nionel!