Bourges, France

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Bourges, France is a historic city in central France known for its well-preserved medieval architecture and the UNESCO-listed Bourges Cathedral.

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Bourges, France canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic cathedral
city
commune of France
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture
climate oceanic climate
coordinateLocation 47.0833°N 2.4000°E
country France
France
dedicatedTo Saint Stephen
dialingCode +33
dioceseSeatOf Archdiocese of Bourges
distanceTo about 240 km south of Paris
hasAirport Bourges Airport
hasCulturalEvent Printemps de Bourges music festival
hasLandmark Marshes of Bourges (Les Marais de Bourges)
Palais Jacques-Cœur
hasRailConnectionTo Paris
hasSportsTeam Bourges Basket
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Bourges Cathedral
hasUniversityInstitution University Institute of Technology of Bourges
heritageStatus historic city
historicalRole capital of the former province of Berry
isCapitalOf Cher department
knownFor Bourges Cathedral
flying buttresses
medieval architecture
stained glass windows
locatedIn Bourges
Centre-Val de Loire
surface form: Centre-Val de Loire region

Cher department
locatedOn Auron River
Yèvre River
partOf historical province of Berry
population approximately 65,000
postalCode 18000
regionCapitalOf former Centre region (historically, for some institutions)
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
timeZone CEST
CET
twinTown Augsburg
Peterborough
Tübingen
Yoshkar-Ola
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1992
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site

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Pierre-Émile Martin placeOfBirth Bourges, France
Berthe Morisot placeOfBirth Bourges, France