Brest, Fraunce

Brest
Brest
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	Brest Location within Brittany region Brest
	Coordinates:48°23′27″N4°29′08″W/ 48.3908°N 4.4856°WCoordinates:48°23′27″N4°29′08″W/ 48.3908°N 4.4856°W
Kintra	Fraunce
Region	Brittany
Depairtment	Finistère
Arrondissement	Brest
Intercommunality	Brest Métropole Océane
Govrenment
• Mayor(2008–2014)	François Cuillandre (PS)
Area 1	49.51 km2(19.12 sq mi)
Population (2016-01-01)2	142,629
• Density	2,900/km2(7,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1(CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2(CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29019/29200
Elevation	0–103 m (0–338 ft); (avg. 34 m or 112 ft)
Website	Official website
	1French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2Population withoot dooble coontin:residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance.

Brest(French pronunciation: [bʁɛst];Breton:[brest]) is a ceety in theFinistère departmentinBreetanyin north-wastrenFraunce.Locatit in a sheltered poseetion no far frae the wastren tip o theBretonpeninsula, Brest is an important harbour, seicont French military port efterToulon,at the wastren extremity o Fraunce. The ceety is locatit at the occidental edge o continentalEurope,hence the expression« Europe frae Brest taeBrest^[1]».Coontin 142,722 inhabitants,BrestoisanBrestoises(2007sensur), Brest is the main metropolitan aurie (reachin 300,300 inhabitants) oWast Beettany,seicont ahind anerlieRennesin theregion o Breetanyan the22nt populous ceety o Fraunce.Awtho Brest is bi far the lairgest ceety in Finistère, thepréfecture(caipital) o the depairtment is the muckle smawer commune oQuimper.

Durin theMiddle Age,the history o Brest wis the history o itscastle.ThenRichelieumade it amilitary harbour.Brest grew aroond itsarsenal,till the seicont pairt o the 20t century. Profoondly merked bi the Allies bombin raids durinWarld War II,the ceety centre wis completely rebuilt efter the war. At the end o the 20t century an the beginnin o the 21st century, the deindustrialization o the ceety wis follaed bi the development o theservice sector.Nouadays, Brest is an importantvarsity tounwi 23,000 students^[2].Asides a multidisciplinary varsity, theUniversity o Wastren Breetany,Brest an its surroondin aurie possess several prestigious French elite schools sic asÉcole Navale(the French Naval Academy),Télécom BretagneanÉcole nationale supérieure des ingénieurs des études et techniques d'armement(ENSIETA). Brest is an' a' an important research centre, mainly focused on the sea, wi amang ithers the lairgestIfremer(French Research Institute for Exploitation o the Sea) center,le Cedre(Centre o Documentation, Research an Experimentation on Accidental Watter Pollution) an the French Polar Institute.

Brest’s history haws aaways been linked tae the sea: theAcadémie de Marine(Naval Academy) wis foondit in1752in this ceety as well as theaircraft carrier Charles-de-Gaullewis biggit thare. Ivery fower years, Brest hosts the internaitional festival o the sea, boats an sailors: it is a meetin o auldrigginsfrae aroond the warld.

Geography

Brest is locatit amidst dramatic landscape near the entrance o the naituralrade de Brest(Brestroadstead), at the wast end oBreetany.

It is situatit tae the north o a magnificent landlockit bay, an occupies the slopes o twa hills dividit bi the riverPenfeld.The pairt o the toun on the left bank is regardit as Brest proper, while the pairt on the richt is kent asRecouvrance.Thare are an' a' extensive suburbs tae the east o the toun. The hillsides are in some places sae steep that the ascent frae the lawer tae the upper toun haes tae be effectit bi flichts o steps an the seicont or third storey o ane hoose is aften on a level wi the grund storey o the next.