Brest
Brest is a city on the west Atlantic coast of France. It has a long history of navigation. There are very large tides here.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stade Francis-Le Blé and Brest station.
Stade Francis-Le Blé
Stadium
Photo: Brestois029200, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Stade Francis-Le Blé, formerly known as the Stade de l'Armoricaine, is a multi-use stadium in Brest, France. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Stade Brestois 29.
Brest station
Railway station
Photo: AirScott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brest station is the railway station serving Brest, France. It is the western terminus of the Paris–Brest railway. The new station, built above the town's harbour in 1932 on the site of its 1865 predecessor, includes a tall clock tower and a semi circle passenger hall.
Tour Tanguy
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Tour Tanguy, Bastille de Quilbignon or Tour de la Motte Tanguy is a medieval tower on a rocky motte beside the Penfeld river in Brest, France. Probably built during the Breton War of Succession, it faces the château de Brest and is now accessed by a road off the square Pierre Péron, at one end of the pont de Recouvrance.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Recouvrance and Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon.
Recouvrance
Suburb
Photo: S. DÉNIEL, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recouvrance is the section of the city of Brest, France, on the right bank of the River Penfeld. The popular and historically-Breton quarter is in contrast to the largely-Francophone quarter of Brest-même or Brest-proper, on the left bank.
Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon is a suburb, which is situated 4 km west of Brest.
Brest
- Type: Locality with 139,000 residents
- Also known as: “29019”
- Location: Arrondissement de Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.3915° or 48° 23′ 29″ northLongitude
-4.4848° or 4° 29′ 5″ westPopulation
139,000Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)Open location code
8CWQ9GR8+H3GeoNames ID
6448047
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Brest” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بريست”
- Belarusian: “Горад Брэст”
- Bulgarian: “Брест”
- Chinese: “布雷斯特”
- French: “Brest”
- Georgian: “ბრესტი”
- German: “Brest”
- Greek: “Βρέστη”
- Hebrew: “ברסט”
- Hindi: “ब्रैस्त”
- Japanese: “ブレスト”
- Kazakh: “Брест”
- Korean: “브레스트”
- Latin: “Brestia”
- Latvian: “Bresta”
- Lithuanian: “Brestas”
- Macedonian: “Брест”
- Marathi: “ब्रेस्त”
- Mazanderani: “برست”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brest i Frankrike”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Brèst”
- Persian: “برست”
- Russian: “Брест”
- Serbian: “Брест”
- Tamil: “பிரெஸ்ட்”
- Thai: “แบร็สต์”
- Tibetan: “བེ་རེ་སི་ཊི།”
- Ukrainian: “Брест”
- Urdu: “بریسٹ، فرانس”
- Western Panjabi: “بریسٹ”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kéroriou and L’Harteloire.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Louis, Brest and Place Sanquer.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Brest”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 2.5.