Brest
Port city in the Finistère department, Brittany, France
- Country
- Located in
- Population
- 142,346(January 1, 2023)
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- , 140,993(January 1, 2022)
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- , 139,619(January 1, 2021)
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- +49 more
- 142,346(January 1, 2023)
- Area
- 49.51 km²
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Sources- 1.Stated in répertoire géographique des communesRetrieved 2015-10-26
- 49.51 km²
- Elevation
- 34 m
- , 0 m
- , 103 m
- +1 more
- Head of government
- Stéphane Roudaut(since 2026)
- , François Cuillandre(2001–2026)
- , Alfred Chupin(1947–1953)
- Postal code
- 29200
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- 29200
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
211 statements · 46% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Denver(since 1959)
- Plymouth(since 1963)
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Sources- 1.brest.fr/jumelages-et-cooperations/plymouth-3428.html
- 2.brest.fr/developper-le-territoire/ouvrir-le-territoire-a-linternational/jumelages-et-cooperations-1777.html
- 3.plymouthherald.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/plymouths-twin-cities-charming-things-3667510
- 4.visitoruk.com/Plymouth/20th-century-T1342.html
- Kiel(since 1964)
- Taranto(since 1964)
- Yokosuka(since 1970)
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Sources- 1.web.archive.org/web/20250704095116/https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/brest-29200/entre-brest-et-le-japon-des-liens-tres-anciens-0a5b919c-39e3-11ee-911f-ac4f85cbb47c
- 2.letelegramme.fr/finistere/brest-29200/un-climat-bien-plus-frais-qua-la-maison-ces-jeunes-japonais-sont-en-voyage-a-brest-6871331.php
- Dún Laoghaire(since 1984)
- Cádiz(since 1986)
- Saponé(since 1989)
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- Capital of
- canton of Brest-L'Hermitage-Gouesnou
- canton of Brest-Plouzané
- canton of Brest-Bellevue
- arrondissement of Brest
- canton of Brest-Centre
- canton of Brest-Saint-Marc
- canton of Brest-Cavale-Blanche-Bohars-Guilers
- canton of Brest-Kerichen
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- canton of Brest-Lambézellec
- canton of Brest-Recouvrance
- canton of Brest-Saint-Pierre
- canton of Brest-1(since 2015)
- canton of Brest-2(since 2015)
- canton of Brest-3(since 2015)
- canton of Brest-4(since 2015)
- canton of Brest-5(since 2015)
- Metropolitan Brest
- Native label
- Brest
- Official name
- Brest
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Sources- 1.Stated in Code officiel géographiqueinsee.fr/fr/information/3363419Retrieved 2019-01-06
- Brest
- Archives at
- City archives of Brest level of description: fonds
- Male population
- 68,564(2017)
- Female population
- 71,500(2017)
- Phone number
- +33-2-98-00-80-80
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- +33-2-98-00-80-80
- Fax number
- +33-2-98-00-81-08
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- +33-2-98-00-81-08
- Number of viewers/listeners
- 1,022,868(December 5, 2025) youtube channel id: UC4c5zv2KhImsFlykTRz0ZQA · youtube handle: brestfr
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- 1,022,868(December 5, 2025) youtube channel id: UC4c5zv2KhImsFlykTRz0ZQA · youtube handle: brestfr
- Tabular population
- Data:Population – Brest – Finistère – INSEE 29019.tab
On other databases
73 identifiers linking Brest across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID596
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlinebrest
- BBC Things ID9071eaa8-57f8-4a6c-92cd-79eb44f8cbf6
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID15254374k
- Biblissima authority IDQ27566
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf12004627
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00007714
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/France/Regions/Brittany/Finistere/Localities/Brest/
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--44112
- Early Modern Letters Online location ID090861d9-1cc4-47a3-baa1-9c1f6b3881d1
- Edition humboldt digital IDH0005354
- EHESS ID of a French commune5761
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Brest-France
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDbrest
- Facebook location ID115929341753983
- Facebook usernameBrest.fr.metropole
- FactGrid item IDQ107963
- FAST ID1205683
- FranceArchives agent ID794229018
- Freebase ID/m/0fwfm
- GeoNames ID3030300
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7008258
- GND ID4090083-6
- Golden ID (archived)Brest-6A5J5X9
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDbrest-1
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0012187
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDBrest_-_by_i_Frankrike
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)1883319
- House Divided ID35118
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID9426
- Insee municipality code29019
- Instagram usernamebrest.fr
- Interlingual Index IDi83656
- J9U entity ID987007564335905171
- Joconde discovery IDT115-1107
- Joconde location IDT84-1215
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID12994
- Larousse IDville/wd/110132
- Le Figaro tag IDBrest
- Lex IDBrest_-_by_i_Bretagne
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79073553
- Museum-digital place ID59221
- MusicBrainz area ID55f61093-4e56-4951-97d2-c6ded8710a06
- National Address Base ID148bf034-3697-4795-be8e-893f23e0eaef
- National Library of Ireland IDvtls001139101
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX5595889
- NE.se IDbrest
- NL CR AUT IDge134082
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning899198
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3880599
- OpenStreetMap relation ID1076124
- OpenWeatherMap city ID6448047
- PRELIB organization ID625
- Proleksis enciklopedija ID52349
- Quora topic IDBrest-France
- SBN place IDTO0L000518
- SNARC IDQ48172
- Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae IDRJ3GVDQJ7NE5ZM4Y4RMMUWRTK4
- Tripadvisor ID187095
- U.S. National Archives Identifier10045037
- UN/LOCODEFRBES
- VIAF cluster ID312794566
- Vikidia article IDfr:Brest
- Wellcome Collection concept IDx8rsy2s4
- Who's on First ID101750111
- WikiKids IDBrest_(Frankrijk)
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID08954467-n
- World Historical Gazetteer place ID13381869
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJr7VCq6GkJhkMxmHVmPQq
- X (Twitter) usernameBrestFr
- Yale LUX IDconcept/c4efeb3f-3099-4df8-9411-abbb5c76122f
- YouTube channel IDUC4c5zv2KhImsFlykTRz0ZQA
- YouTube handlebrestfr