Bourg-en-Bresse: facts

At a glance

• Country: France
• Region: Rhône-Alpes
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 45,340
• Coordinates: 46.2057° N, 5.2258° E
• Time zone: Europe/Paris (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Paris: 365 km (227 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS): 54 km (34 mi), straight line
• Geneva International Airport (GVA, Switzerland): 68 km (42 mi), straight line
• Annecy Meythet airport (NCY): 74 km (46 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Nantua: 30 km (19 mi)
• Macon: 33 km (20 mi)
• Oyonnax: 34 km (21 mi)
• Villefranche-sur-Saone: 46 km (28 mi)
• Louhans: 47 km (29 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Villeurbanne, 56 km (35 mi)