Bourges

a city in central France. Pop.: 72 480 (1999)

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Bourges

a city in central France at the confluence of the Yèvre and Auron rivers; a port on the Berry Canal, which links Bourges with the Loire. It is the administrative center of the department of Cher. The population is 70, 800 (1968). Bourges is a transportation center. The city’s industry is represented by machine building, including aircraft building, the production of instruments, leather and food enterprises, and sawmills. Bourges is the center of the historic province of Berry.

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Retiring from racing last year, Rod now has a breeding stock of 70 birds but it is Little Miss Bourges who rules the roost.

It was she who in 1998 won the coveted Bourges race for Rod when she covered the 570 miles from the central French town of the same name back to the North East in 11.5 hours.