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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.




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.




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. Bressuire was part of the Ancien Régime Province of Poitou.
In January 1973 Bressuire absorbed the former communes Beaulieu-sous-Bressuire, Boismé, Breuil-Chaussée, Chambroutet, Clazay, Noirlieu, Noirterre, Saint-Sauveur-de-Givre-en-Mai and Terves.




Population






Notable people


Guillaume Rouger (born 1975), retired professional footballer




Twin towns - sister cities


Bressuire is twinned with:




Climate






See also


Communes of the Deux-Sèvres department




References






External links



Official website (in French)

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• Arondisemen Bressuire
• Komune di departemen Deux-Sèvres
• Deux-Sèvres
• Arondisemen di departemen Deux-Sèvres
• TER Pays de la Loire
• Boismé
• Friedberg, Bayern
• Daftar stasiun SNCF di Poitou-Charentes
• Bretignolles
• Argenton-l'Église
• Bressuire
• Hugo Hay
• Deux-Sèvres
• Château de Bressuire
• Louis II de Beaumont-Bressuire
• Canton of Bressuire
• Route nationale 149
• Stone put
• Porcarius II
• War in the Vendée