Bourges

Bourges ) is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre. It is the capital of the department of Cher, and also was the capital city of the former province of Berry.The name of the commune derives either from the Bituriges, the name of the original inhabitants, or from the Germanic word Burg , for "hill" or "village". The Celts called it Avaricon; Latin-speakers: Avaricum. In the fourth century BC, as in the time of Caesar, the area around it was the center of a Gallic confederacy.