Bourg

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Bourg is the French rendering of the Germanic root *burgs (cf Danish, Swedish and Icelandic borg; English burg, burgh, and borough; German Burg), related to the Germanic root *bergan "to protect, shelter"; and may refer to:

Wine

Côtes de Bourg, an Appellation d'origine contrôlée for Bordeaux wine

Places in France

Bourg, Aisne, a defunct commune in France, now part of Bourg-et-Comin
Bourg, Bas-Rhin, a defunct commune in Bas-Rhin, now part of Bourg-Bruche
Bourg, Gironde, also known as Bourg-sur-Gironde
Bourg, Haute-Marne
Bourg, Maine-et-Loire, a defunct commune of Maine-et-Loire, now part of Soulaire-et-Bourg
Bourg-Achard, in Eure (département)
Bourg-Archambault, Vienne (département)
Bourg-Argental, Loire (département)
Bourg-Beaudouin, Eure (département)
Bourg-Blanc, Finistère
Bourg-Bruche, Bas-Rhin
Bourg-Charente, Charente
Bourg-de-Bigorre, Hautes-Pyrénées
Bourg-de-Péage, Drôme
Bourg-des-Comptes, Ille-et-Vilaine
Bourg-de-Sirod, Jura (département)
Bourg-des-Maisons, Dordogne (département)
Bourg-de-Thizy, Rhône (département)
Bourg-de-Visa, Tarn-et-Garonne
Bourg-d'Oueil, Haute-Garonne
Bourg-du-Bost, Dordogne (département)
Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain
Bourg-et-Comin, Aisne (département)
Bourg-Fidèle, Ardennes (département)
Bourg-la-Reine, Hauts-de-Seine
Bourg-Lastic, Puy-de-Dôme
Bourg-le-Comte, Saône-et-Loire
Bourg-le-Roi, Sarthe
Bourg-lès-Valence, Drôme
Bourg-l'Évêque, Maine-et-Loire
Bourg-Madame, Pyrénées-Orientales
Bourg-Saint-Andéol, Ardèche
Bourg-Saint-Bernard, Haute-Garonne
Bourg-Saint-Christophe, Ain
Bourg-Sainte-Marie, Haute-Marne
Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Savoie (département)
Bourg-sous-Châtelet, Territoire de Belfort

Le Bourg, Lot (département)
Le Bourg-d'Hem, Creuse (département)
Le Bourg-d'Iré, Maine-et-Loire
Le Bourg-d'Oisans, Isère (département)
Le Bourg-Dun, Seine-Maritime
Le Bourg-Saint-Léonard, Orne

Boussac-Bourg, Creuse (département)
Cherbourg-Octeville
Chaumont-le-Bourg, Puy-de-Dôme
Fontaine-le-Bourg, Seine-Maritime
Grand-Bourg, Guadeloupe
Le Grand-Bourg, Creuse (département)
Granges-le-Bourg, Haute-Saône
Hornoy-le-Bourg, Somme (département)
Lurcy-le-Bourg, Nièvre
Magnac-Bourg, Haute-Vienne
Noroy-le-Bourg, Haute-Saône
Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe
Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg, Maine-et-Loire
Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis, Seine-Maritime
Saint-Bonnet-le-Bourg, Puy-de-Dôme
Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg, Ain
Saint-Seurin-de-Bourg, Gironde
Soulaire-et-Bourg, Maine-et-Loire
Vieux-Bourg, Calvados
Le Vieux-Bourg, Côtes-d'Armor

Place in Switzerland

Bourg-Saint-Pierre, canton du Valais
and Fribourg on the cultural border between German and French Switzerland

Fribourg is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg. Its German name is Freiburg as it is for the Freiburg in Germany. Frei-burg means free "bourg", a free fort, then a free town. There is no word «fri...» in French, free is «libre». The Italian name is Friburgo or Friborgo.

Place in the United States

Bourg, Louisiana

People with the surname

Dominique Bourg