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Brest

France · Brittany

Brest is a port city in the French department of Finistere, Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of a peninsula and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second largest French military port after Toulon.

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Practical facts

Local time: UTC+1 · 7 h ahead of Costa Rica
Region: Brittany
Main language: French
On the map: 48.39° N, 4.49° W

Near Brest

Guernsey · 182 km away
Falmouth · 200 km away
Rennes · 210 km away
Saint Nazaire · 210 km away
St Ives · 215 km away
Mont Saint-Michel · 221 km away

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