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View of Brest from the castle
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| Name | Brest |
| Region | Brittany |
| Longitude | -4.485556 |
| Latitude | 48.390834 |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Brest |
| INSEE | 29019 |
| Postal Code | 29200 |
| Mayor | François Cuillandre |
| Party | PS |
| Term | 2008-2014 |
| Intercommunality | Brest Métropole Océane |
| Elevation M | 34 |
| Elevation Min M | 0 |
| Elevation Max M | 103 |
| Area Km2 | 49.51 |
| Population | 149634 |
| Population Date | 1999 |
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Brest (; ) is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in north-western France.
Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, Brest is an important seaport and naval base. The 1999 census recorded 303,484 inhabitants of the Brest metropolitan area, while the population of the city itself was estimated in 2004 to number some 146,000. Although Brest is by far the largest city in Finistère, the préfecture (capital) of the department is the much smaller commune of Quimper.
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Stutzman recalls Europe, D-Day, the Bulge - Carthage Press 
Carthage Press--“When we hit the beach we moved around to just outside of -Brest-, -France-, where all the submarine pens were located,” Stutzman said. ...
Date : Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:11:48 GMT+00:00
15th Adélie de Vitré - France - Daily Peloton
Daily Peloton--22 year old Cycril Gautier raced to the top of the final 300 meters of the rue de -Brest- to win a home victory in Brittany and take his first ...
Date : Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:49:45 GMT+00:00
Flights back in full swing as summer gets closer - Irish Times
Irish Times--Routes to regional airports in -France- and Italy will see the return of Biarritz, Rennes, -Brest-, Marseilles, Bordeaux, Naples, Catania and Bologna, ...
Date : Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:50:52 GMT+00:00
The best historical pranks and hoaxes - Independent
Independent--Professor Barry Cunliffe of Oxford University and Dr. Patrick Galliou of the University of -Brest- were credited with its finding. ...
Date : Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:47:08 GMT+00:00
French court exonerates Total from Erika damages payments - Lloyd's List
Lloyd's List--Erika flounders in the heavy seas off the coast of -Brest-, -France-. Photo French Navy/Reuters THE Paris Court of Appeal created surprise today by exonerating ...
Date : Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:12:42 GMT+00:00
6 Best Aussie cyclists - Herald Sun
Herald Sun--Paris--Brest--Paris, which became a challenge ride for amateurs, was then the longest race in the world. He had earlier ridden in the 1928 Tour de -France-, ...
Date : Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:07:23 GMT+00:00
Chance for Bayern's maverick to shine - Independent
Independent--That was three years ago, after Ribéry - who had zigzagged through French football, from Lille back to Boulogne, then to Alès, -Brest- and then Metz before ...
Date : Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:00:46 GMT+00:00
Raytheon receives $60 million contract by US for Dipping Sonar system - Defenseworld.net
Defenseworld.net--Work will be performed in -Brest-, -France- (72 percent); Portsmouth, RI (26 percent); and Gaithersburg, Md. (2 percent), and is expected to be completed in May ...
Date : Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:30:15 GMT+00:00
ExplorersWeb Week in Review - ExplorersWeb
ExplorersWeb---...- the around-the-world sailing record by finishing in 48 days, 7 hours, 44 minutes and 55 seconds late Saturday afternoon, March 20 in -Brest-, -France-. ...
Date : Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:47:25 GMT+00:00
Ain't no mountain high enough: the rise of the challenge junkies - Times Online
Times Online--On May 8 he will wade into the sea off Nova Scotia, eastern Canada, and swim 3500 miles to -Brest-, northwestern -France-. From there he will cycle by way of ...
Date : Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:06:34 GMT+00:00
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