Guipavas

Guipavas is a locality in Arrondissement de Brest, Finistère, Brittany. Guipavas is situated nearby to the hamlet Chapelle Notre-Dame du Rhun, as well as near Kerivin.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brest Bretagne Airport and Gare de Kerhuon.

Brest Bretagne Airport

Aerodrome

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Brest Bretagne Airport, formerly known as Brest Guipavas Airport, is an international airport serving Brest, France. It is located in the commune of Guipavas and 10.2 km northeast of Brest, within the département of Finistère.

Gare de Kerhuon

Railway station

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Gare de Kerhuon is a railway station.

Town hall of Le Relecq-Kerhuon

Town hall

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Guipavas and Chapelle Notre-Dame du Rhun.

Guipavas

Town

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Guipavas is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The writer Maurice Polard is from Guipavas. The city is divided into two major parts: the west, known as the dynamic core of the city and suburban area of Brest, where a new commercial centre opened in 2007, and the east, which is more traditional and lies around the Roman Catholic church.