a town of France, capital of the department of Cher, is situated at the confluence of the Auron and Evre, in Lat. 47° 6' N. Long. 2° 25' E., 100 miles S. of Paris. It is the Avaricum of Caesar, by whom it was burnt down B.C. 52. Under Augustus it became the capital of Aquitania, which it continued to be for nearly 500 years. After this it was more than once destroyed, but was always rebuilt; and under Philip Augustus it became the capital of Berri. Bourges has been long celebrated for its cathedral, which is reckoned one of the finest in France. It is the see of an archbishop, and possesses a royal college, a diocesan seminary, and a public library of 25,000 volumes, with some rare manuscripts. The principal manufactures are cutlery, and linen and woollen goods. There are also several breweries and tan-works. The trade is confined to corn, wool, hemp, hides. The nurseries in the neighbourhood are famous. Louis XI. was a native of Bourges, and, in compliment to his birth-place, founded a university there, long celebrated; which, however, was suppressed at the Revolution. Cajus the famous jurist was one of the professors. Louis likewise gave patents of nobility to the mayor and magistrates of the town. Bourdaloue, the pulpitator, was a native of Bourges, as was also Jacques Cœur, the unfortunate minister of Charles VII. Pop. in 1851, 22,465.