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BRESSE , a See also:

district of eastern See also:France embracing portions of the departments of See also:Ain, See also:Saone-et-See also:Loire and See also:Jura. The Bresse extends from the See also:Dombes on the See also:south to the See also:river See also:Doubs on the See also: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 See also:plain varying from 600 to Boo ft. above the See also:sea, with few eminences and a slight inclination westwards. Heaths and See also:coppice alternate with pastures and arable See also:land; pools and marshes are numerous, especially in the north. Its See also:chief See also:rivers are the Veyle, the Reyssouze and the Seille, all tributaries of the Saone. The See also:soil is a gravelly See also:clay but moderately fertile, and See also: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 See also:costume, with a curious See also:head-See also:dress. The Bresse proper, called the Bresse Bressane, comprises the See also:northern portion of the See also:department of Ain. The greater See also:part of the district belonged in the See also:middle ages to the lords of Bage, from whom it passed in 1272 to the See also:house of See also:Savoy. It was not till the first See also:half of the 15th See also:century that the See also:province, with Bourg as its See also:capital, was founded as such. In 16or it was ceded to France by the treaty of See also:Lyons, after which it formed (together with the province of Bugey) first a See also:separate See also:government and afterwards part of the government of See also:Burgundy.

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