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 twinned with: Cádiz, Spain (1986) Constanţa, Romania (1993) Denver, Colorado, United States (1956) Dún Laoghaire, Ireland (1984) Kiel, Germany (1964) Plymouth, United Kingdom (1963) Saponé, Burkina Faso (1989) Taranto, Italy (1964) Yokosuka, Japan (1970)
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.