Brest, France
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Brest is at the tip of Brittany
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:
- 23x15px Cádiz, Spain (1986)
- 23x15px Constanţa, Romania (1993)
Denver, Colorado, United States (1956)
Dún Laoghaire, Ireland (1984)- 23x15px Kiel, Germany (1964)
- 23x15px Plymouth, United Kingdom (1963)
- 23x15px Saponé, Burkina Faso (1989)
- 23x15px Taranto, Italy (1964)
- 23x15px Yokosuka, Japan (1970)
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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
