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    Brest (French pronunciation: [bʁɛst] ; Breton pronunciation: [bʀest]) is a port city in the Finistère department, Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay...
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    Carhaix, Quimperlé and Douarnenez. Finistère includes the island of Ushant (Eusa in Breton, Ouessant in French). Finistère is the westernmost department of...
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    Béatrice Dalle (category Actors from Brest, France)
    characters that are both provocative and transgressive. Dalle was born in Brest, Finistère, France, as Béatrice Cabarrou. She grew up in Le Mans with her mother...
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    serving Brest, France. It is located in the commune of Guipavas and 10.2 km (6.4 miles) northeast of Brest, within the département of Finistère. Though...
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    The arrondissement of Brest is an arrondissement of France in the Finistère department in the Brittany region. It has 77 communes. Its population is 381...
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    The Château de Brest (Breton: Kastell Brest) is a castle in Brest, Finistère, France. The oldest monument in the town, it is located at the mouth of the...
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    (Seine-Maritime): 82% Beauvais (Oise) : 80% Lorient (Morbihan) : 80 % Brest (Finistère) : 80 % Saint-Lô (Manche): 77% Falaise (Calvados): 76% Lisieux (Calvados):...
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    pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Brest, Finistère, northwest France, standing on the Place de la Liberté. Until the mid-18th...
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  • 000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in), metre gauge, rural tramway connecting Brest with Le Conquet in Finistère. It was in operation between 1903 and 1932. The first section...
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    133 23 Le Mans Sarthe Pays de la Loire 144,016 144,244 143,847 24 Brest Finistère Brittany 144,548 139,386 139,926 25 Tours Indre-et-Loire Centre-Val...
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    Petit Minou Lighthouse (category Tourist attractions in Finistère)
    Minou Lighthouse (Phare du Petit Minou) is a lighthouse in the roadstead of Brest, standing in front of the Fort du Petit Minou, in the commune of Plouzané...
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    roadstead of Brest (French: rade de Brest, French pronunciation: [ʁad də bʁɛst]; Breton: Lenn-vor Brest) is a roadstead or bay located in the Finistère department...
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    the Finistère department, in the Brittany region, western France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous Communauté urbaine de Brest. Its...
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    Breton. The sitcom, Ken Tuch, is in Breton. Radio Kerne, broadcasting from Finistère, has exclusively Breton programming. Some movies (Lancelot du Lac, Shakespeare...
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    consignations (15%), Departmental Council of Finistère(10%), Brest CCI Brest (7%), Crédit Agricole du Finistère (5%), Caisse interfédérale de Crédit mutuel...
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  • minesweepering naval trawler struck a mine and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Brest, Finistère, France. There were no casualties. Takasaki  Imperial Japanese Navy...
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    The ship was captured by the French frigate Galathée and taken to Brest, Finistère Commerce de Marseille ( French Navy): Siege of Toulon: The Océan-class...
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  • veel R&D, ICT, automotive, logistiek en agribusiness. "Communes in Brest (Finistère, France) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and...
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    The 2nd constituency of Finistère is a French legislative constituency in the Finistère département, comprising the city of Brest. * LREM dissidents **...
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    Force océanique stratégique (FOST), France's nuclear SSBN fleet, is at Brest, Finistère. Germany operated a government bunker (Regierungsbunker) to house the...
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    Conservatoire botanique national de Brest (32 hectares) is a notable botanical garden located at 52 Allée du Bot, Brest, Finistère, in the region of Brittany,...
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    Alain Robbe-Grillet (category Film people from Brest, France)
    Catherine Robbe-Grillet (née Rstakian). Alain Robbe-Grillet was born in Brest (Finistère, France) to a family of engineers and scientists. He was trained as...
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    277 communes of the Finistère department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022): Brest Métropole CA Concarneau...
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    The 4 arrondissements of the Finistère department are: Arrondissement of Brest, (subprefecture: Brest) with 77 communes. The population of the arrondissement...
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    Brest Programme Grande Ecole". Mec-info.com. 23 December 2010. "Ma biographie". Graziella Melchior - Député de la 5ème circonscription du Finistère (in...
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  • Sperrbrecher 9  Kriegsmarine World War II: The sperrbrecher was scuttled at Brest, Finistère, France. She was refloated in 1946 and scrapped in 1948. HMS Strathella...
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    Portzic Lighthouse (category Buildings and structures in Brest, France)
    north-eastern extremity of the Goulet de Brest (Finistère, France) and is the nearest lighthouse to the town of Brest. It is a 35 metres (115 ft) tall octagonal...
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  • Bourgoin-Jallieu National 3 5 Bourgoin-Jallieu Isère Stade Brestois 29 Ligue 1 1 Brest Finistère Brittany Stade Briochin National 2 4 Saint-Brieuc Côtes-d'Armor ESA...
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  • Pierre Marec (category Politicians from Brest, France)
    Marec was born in Brest, Finistère, on 31 March 1759. When the revolution began in 1789 he was a control clerk in the navy at Brest. In 1790 he became...
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  • of Brest in France. Each edition took the name of the city of Brest, followed by the year: Brest 1992, Brest 1996, Brest 2000, Brest 2004, Brest 2008;...
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