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Brest (French pronunciation: ⓘ; [3] Breton pronunciation: [4]) is a port city in the Finistère department, Brittany.Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of a peninsula and the western extremity of metropolitan France, [5] Brest is an important harbour and the second largest French military port after Toulon.
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Île Longue (French pronunciation: [il lɔ̃ɡ]; French for "Long Island"; Breton: Enez-Hir) is a peninsula of the roadstead of Brest in the department of Finistère in the Brittany region. It is the base of the French nuclear ballistic missile submarines ( French : sous-marin nucléaire lanceur d'engins, SNLE ), and as such one of the most ...
Built between 1694 and 1697, the Fort du Petit Minou was a fort built in the commune of Plouzané in France to defend the goulet de Brest. As part of the massive fortification campaign of France under the direction of the Marquis de Vauban, construction on the Fort du Petit Minou bastion was finished in 1697. Two hundred and forty cannons and a ...
The 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 in Brittany in northwestern France. The surface area is about 180 km² (70 sq mi). The port of Brest and one of the two French naval bases, Brest Arsenal, are located on its ...
In Europe, Google Street View began on 2 July 2008 with the route of Tour de France being covered in parts of France and Italy.The service has since expanded to many European countries, while at the same time has been controversial in some countries due to laws and privacy concerns.
Rue Saint-Malo is a paved street in Brest, France. It is located in the Carpon valley, against the plateau des Capucins in the Recouvrance quarter . Only its lower half survives, as the oldest street in the city.
The arrondissement of Brest is an arrondissement of France in the Finistère department in the Brittany region. It has 77 communes . [ 2 ] Its population is 381,226 (2021), and its area is 1,396.2 km 2 (539.1 sq mi).