Bourges: TravelGuide

City of art and history, Bourges is proud of its monuments as the Jacques Cœur palace or the cathedral Saint-Etienne - classified in the UNESCO world heritage - of its former streets and its half-timbered houses. Bourges is one of the most green cities of France with 135 hectares of swamp in the... Mehr

City of art and history, Bourges is proud of its monuments as the Jacques Cœur palace or the cathedral Saint-Etienne - classified in the UNESCO world heritage - of its former streets and its half-timbered houses. Bourges is one of the most green cities of France with 135 hectares of swamp in the heart of the city and more than 50 m2 of green spaces per capita. City of culture, Bourges is very attached to its Community arts centre, the first one created in France, and to its festival "" The Printemps de Bourges "", created in 1977. Prefecture of the department of the Cher (18 ), and the third city of the Centre region, Bourges counts 71 155 inhabitants called Berruyers and covers a surface of 68,74 km2. Weniger