Ville De Brest France

Brest is a port city in the Finistère department, Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of a peninsula and the west…
Brest is a port city in the Finistère department, Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of a peninsula and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second largest French military port after Toulon. The city is located on the western edge of continental France. With 139,456 inhabitants, Brest forms Western Brittany's largest metropolitan area, ranking third behind only Nantes and Rennes in the whole of historic Brittany, and the 25th most populous city in France ; moreover, Brest provides services to the one million inhabitants of Western Brittany. Although Brest is by far the largest city in Finistère, the préfecture of the department is in the much smaller town of Quimper.
  • Country: France
  • Region: Brittany
  • Area: 49.51 km² (19.12 sq mi)
  • Elevation: 0–103 m (0–338 ft) · (avg. 34 m or 112 ft)
  • Department: Finistère
  • Arrondissement: Brest
  • Canton: Brest-1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

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