The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Bourges, Cher, central France, standing on Rue Jacques Rimbault.
[2][3] In 1682, the aldermen moved to their second town hall, Palais Jacques-Cœur, also known as Hôtel de la Chaussée, which had been erected in Rue Jacques-Coeur for the Grand Argentier (Great Treasurer) of France, Jacques Cœur, in the mid-15th century.
[5] The aldermen were required to share the building with the commercial and criminal courts which made the accommodation very cramped and, in 1865, the council moved to its third home, Hôtel de Paskiewicz, located halfway up Rue Moyenne.
[8] Following the liberation of the town on 7 September 1944, during the Second World War, the chairman of the local resistance committee, Marcel Plaisant, arrived at the Archbishop's Palace and acclaimed a former councillor, Charles Cochet, as the new mayor.
[12] The new building was designed by Claude Vasconi and Jean-Paul Chazelle in the modern style, built in reinforced concrete and glass and was officially opened on 13 March 1992.