Bressuire

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Bressuire
Subprefecture and commune
Chateau de Bressuire and the Eglise Notre-Dame
Chateau de Bressuire and the Eglise Notre-Dame
Coat of arms of Bressuire
Coat of arms
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Deux-Sèvres
Arrondissement Bressuire
Canton Bressuire
Intercommunality CA Bocage Bressuirais
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Emmanuelle Ménard[1]
Area1 180.59 km2 (69.73 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2 Lua error in Module:Wd at line 405: invalid escape sequence near '"^'.
INSEE/Postal code 79049 / 79300
Elevation 98–236 m (322–774 ft)
(avg. 173 m or 568 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bressuire (French pronunciation: ​[bʁɛsɥiʁ]; Latin: Berceorium; Poitevin: Beurseure) is a commune in the French department of Deux-Sèvres, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The town is situated on an eminence overlooking the Dolo, a tributary of the Argenton.

Notable buildings

Bressuire has two buildings of interest: the church of Notre-Dame, which, dating chiefly from the 12th and 15th centuries, has an imposing tower of the Renaissance period; and the castle, built by the lords of Beaumont, vassals of the viscount of Thouars. The latter is now in ruins, and a portion of the site is occupied by a modern château, but an inner and outer line of fortifications are still to be seen. The whole forms the finest assemblage of feudal ruins in Poitou.[2]

The name

The name "Bressuire" comes from two elements, being Berg (hill) and Durum (fortress). These two are linked in the name "Berzoriacum" recorded in 1029, and "Bercorium" from the start of the crusading era in 1095. The name Bressuire thereby defines a fortress on a hill.[3]

History

Bressuire dates back to Celtic times, and was at the meeting point of roads during the Gallo-Roman period. The earliest surviving evidence of the town's existence, around the chapel of Saint Cyprien, dates back to the eleventh century.

Medieval Bressuire ("Castrum Berzoriacum") belonged to the viscounts of Thouars and comprised, in the tenth century, the three parishes of Notre Dame (Our Lady), St John and St Nicholas. The parish of St Nicholas, which has since disappeared, was located within the walls of the castle and belonged to the Abbey of Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes.

Among the disasters suffered at various times by the town, its capture from the English and subsequent pillage by French troops under du Guesclin in 1370 is the most memorable.[2] Bressuire was part of the Ancien Régime Province of Poitou.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1968 13,814 —    
1975 16,101 +2.21%
1982 17,366 +1.09%
1990 17,827 +0.33%
1999 17,799 −0.02%
2007 18,436 +0.44%
2012 18,966 +0.57%
2017 19,519 +0.58%
Source: INSEE[4]

Notable people

Twin towns - sister cities

Bressuire is twinned with:[5]

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See also

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Bélisaire Ledain, "Histoire de la ville et baronnie de Bressuire", Bressuire, Baudry, 1866; p. 32 & Bélisaire Ledain, "Dictionnaire topographique du département des Deux-Sèvres…" Poitiers, Société française d'imprimerie et de librairie, 1902
  4. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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