What is Brest, France?
[[File:France jms.png|thumb|300px|Brest is at the tip of Brittany]] [[File:Brest flag.svg|thumb|250px|Flag]] [[File:Blason ville fr Brest (Finistere).png|thumb|90px|coat of arms]] '''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 [[town twinning|twinned]] with: * {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Cádiz]], [[Spain]] (1986) * {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Constanţa]], [[Romania]] (1993) * {{flagicon|United States}} [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]], [[Colorado]], [[United States]] (1956) * {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Dún Laoghaire]], [[Ireland]] (1984) * {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Kiel]], [[Germany]] (1964) * {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Plymouth, Devon|Plymouth]], [[United Kingdom]] (1963) * {{flagicon|Burkina Faso}} [[Saponé, Burkina Faso|Saponé]], [[Burkina Faso]] (1989) * {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Taranto]], [[Italy]] (1964) * {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Yokosuka, Kanagawa|Yokosuka]], [[Japan]] (1970) [[File:Chateau de Brest et Tour Tanguy.jpg|thumb|right|225px|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]]. == Education == * [[École nationale supérieure de techniques avancées Bretagne]] == Other websites == * [http://www.mairie-brest.fr/index2.htm City of Brest] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312052319/http://www.mairie-brest.fr/index2.htm |date=2009-03-12 }} {{Cities in France}} {{Authority control}} {{France-geo-stub}} [[Category:Brest, France| ]]