Brest, France
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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
[change | change source]Brest is twinned with:
Cádiz, Spain (1986)
Constanţa, Romania (1993)
Denver, Colorado, United States (1956)
Dún Laoghaire, Ireland (1984)
Kiel, Germany (1964)
Plymouth, United Kingdom (1963)
Saponé, Burkina Faso (1989)
Taranto, Italy (1964)
Yokosuka, Japan (1970)
Mayors
[change | change source]- 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
[change | change source]Crime
[change | change source]The municipality of Brest is experiencing a growing laxity regarding crime.[1]
Other websites
[change | change source]- City of Brest Archived 2009-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
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This short article about a place or feature in France can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.- ↑ "« Sur la sécurité, à Brest, on se croirait à "La petite maison dans la prairie" » : l'homme derrière Brest Autrement 2026 décline son identité". Le Télégramme. 09 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
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