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Brest is a town in France. It is in the Finistère department and the Brittany region. Its population in 1999 was around 150,000. Even if it is by far the largest town in Finistère it is not the prefecture (Quimper is).

Twin towns

Brest is twinned with:

Chateau de Brest et Tour Tanguy
The Tanguy Tower (right) and the Cháteau de Brest (left), Brest, France

Mayors

  • 1959-1973 : Georges Lombard.
  • 1973-1977 : Eugène Berest.
  • 1977-1982 : Francis Le Blé.
  • 1982-1983 : Pierre Maille.
  • 1983-1985 : Jacques Berthelot.
  • 1985-1989 : Georges Kerbrat.
  • 1989-2001 : Pierre Maille again.
  • 2001- : François Cuillandre.

Education

Images for kids

  • Carte de Brest - ca 1700 - Bibliothèque Nationale de France - Btv1b8439976x

    Brest in c. 1700

  • Maison de la Fontaine-Brest

    The Maison de la Fontaine in Recouvrance, one of the oldest houses of Brest (end of the 17th century, beginning of the 18th century).

  • 1858 Gustave Le Gray la batterie Royale à Brest

    Gustave Le Gray: la batterie Royale à Brest, 1858

  • Rue de Siam

    Rue de Siam (Siam Street) in 2006

  • Topographie de brest

    Topography of Brest

  • Brest

    Brest and the surrounding area

  • Aerogare Brest

    Brest Bretagne Airport, main airport of the region of Brittany

  • Brest Harbour

    The harbour of Brest

  • Jeanne D Arc 4

    The Penfeld river, historic centre of the arsenal of Brest

  • Hotel de ville brest

    The city hall, place de la Liberté

  • Bateaux-Brest2004

    Sailboats during "Brest 2004"

  • Université de Bretagne Occidentale

    Université de Bretagne Occidentale (University of Western Brittany)

  • Brest - Entree du port

    The entrance to the harbour of Brest

  • Brest

    The Tanguy tower hosts a museum of the history of Brest; in the background, the Pont de Recouvrance (Recouvrance Bridge).

  • Brest chateau

    The castle hosts the Musée national de la Marine (National Navy Museum).

  • Stangalar2

    the conservatoire botanique national in autumn

  • Saint-Sauveur-clocher

    Saint-Sauveur church in Recouvrance, designed by Amédée-François Frézier, the oldest church of Brest, built in 1750

  • Place liberté2 800x600

    Monumental perspective from the Place de la Liberté opening to the rue de Siam (Siam Street), with the rade de Brest (Brest roadstead) in the background, and on the right, the steeple of Saint-Louis church dominating the rebuilt centre of Brest

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Brest (Francia) para niños

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