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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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    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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    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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    (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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • the Finistère department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: Brest-1 Brest-2 Brest-3 Brest-4 Brest-5...
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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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  • 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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    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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    veel R&D, ICT, automotive, logistiek en agribusiness. "Communes in Brest (Finistère, France) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    d'Instruction des Armées Clermont-Tonnerre at Rue du Colonel Fonferrier, Brest, Finistère, in the region of Brittany, France. It is open to the public weekend...
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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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    Albert Peyronnet (category Politicians from Brest, France)
    1922–24. Albert Pierre Camille Peyronnet was born on 5 January 1862 in Brest, Finistère. His father was a secondary school principal, who soon moved to the...
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    Angers Villeurbanne Saint-Denis, Réunion Le Mans Nîmes Aix-en-Provence Brest Clermont-Ferrand Limoges Tours Amiens Metz Perpignan Besançon Boulogne-Billancourt...
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    Fort Montbarey (category Buildings and structures in Finistère)
    a museum on the history of Finistère during the Second World War, featuring the Resistance effort. An exhibition on "Brest in ruins" is also presented...
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    Marie Bracquemond (category People from Finistère)
    Anne Caroline Quivoron on 1 December 1840 in Argenton-en-Landunvez, near Brest, Brittany. She did not enjoy the same upbringing or career as the other...
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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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    Hervieuxglet.com. Retrieved 2014-04-10. "AXONE MUSIQUE, Bombarde - Brest - Finistère - Quimper - Bretagne: biniou, sonorisation, luthier". Archived from...
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    Brest station (French: Gare de Brest) is the railway station serving Brest, France. It is the western terminus of the Paris–Brest railway. The new station...
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    Île d'Arun (category Landforms of Finistère)
    Faou, at the base of the roadstead of Brest. It is located in the territory of the commune of Rosnoën in Finistère, France, and its highest point above...
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    Penfeld (category Rivers of Finistère)
    Breton: Penfell) is a 16 km (9.9 mi) French coastal river. The town of Brest, in Finistère, has grown up on its left (east) bank. Its source is in the town...
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