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Brest Métropole
Brest Métropole is the ''métropole'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Brest. It is located in the Finistère department, in the Brittany region, western France. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous ''Communauté urbaine de Brest''. Its population was 215,367 in 2019, of which 142,555 in Brest proper. History The Urban Community was founded in 1973. On January 1, 2015, the Métropole replaced the Urban Community in accordance with a law of January 2014. Member communes The Brest Métropole consists of the following 8 communes:Brest Métropole (N° SIREN : 242900314) BANATIC. Accessed 4 April 2022. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brest, France
Brest (; ) is a port city in the Finistère department, Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of the peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon. The city is located on the western edge of continental France. With 142,722 inhabitants in a 2007 census, Brest forms Western Brittany's largest metropolitan area (with a population of 300,300 in total), ranking third behind only Nantes and Rennes in the whole of historic Brittany, and the 19th most populous city in France; moreover, Brest provides services to the one million inhabitants of Western Brittany. Although Brest is by far the largest city in Finistère, the ''préfecture'' (regional capital) of the department is the much smaller Quimper. During the Middle Ages, the history of Brest was the history of its castle. Then Richelieu made it a military harbour in 1631. Brest grew around its arsenal unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohars
Bohars (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany north-western France. Bohars is twinned with the village of Tarporley in England, United Kingdom Population Inhabitants of Bohars are called ''Boharsiens'' in French. See also *Communes of the Finistère department References External links Official website Mayors of Finistère Association Communes of Finistère {{Finistère-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolis In France
A metropolis () is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural center for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications. A big city belonging to a larger urban agglomeration, but which is not the core of that agglomeration, is not generally considered a metropolis but a part of it. The plural of the word is ''metropolises'', although the Latin plural is ''metropoles'', from the Greek ''metropoleis'' (). For urban centers outside metropolitan areas that generate a similar attraction on a smaller scale for their region, the concept of the regiopolis ("regio" for short) was introduced by urban and regional planning researchers in Germany in 2006. Etymology Metropolis (μητρόπολις) is a Greek word, coming from μήτηρ, ''mḗtēr'' meaning "mother" and πόλις, ''pólis'' meaning "city" or "town", which is how the Greek colonies of antiquity referred to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Relecq-Kerhuon
Le Relecq-Kerhuon (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Le Relecq-Kerhuon are called in French ''Relecquois'' or ''Kerhorres''. Breton language The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on September 2, 2005. International relations Le Relecq-Kerhuon is twinned with Bodmin in Cornwall, UK. See also *Communes of the Finistère department The following is a list of the 277 communes of the Finistère department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Official website * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plouzané
Plouzané () is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. History The shores south of Plouzané are in a strategic location for the defense of the Goulet de Brest strait and were fortified by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban. Defensive strongholds include Fort de Bertheaume, Fort du Mengant, and Fort du Dellec. Population Inhabitants of Plouzané are called in French. Breton language In 2008, 4.09% of primary-school children attended Breton/French bilingual schools. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''''Enseignement bilingue''/ref> The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 15 December 2008. International relations Plouzané has twinning arrangements with: * Kilrush, Ireland * Pencoed, United Kingdom * Stelle, Germany * Ceccano, Italy See also * Communes of the Finistère department The following is a list of the 277 communes of the Finistère department of France. The communes cooperate in the follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plougastel-Daoulas
Plougastel-Daoulas (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department, located in the administrative region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Plougastel-Daoulas are called ''plougastels'' in French language, French. Breton language The municipality launched a linguistic plan concerning the Breton language through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on October 28, 2005. In 2008, 18.98% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools. Strawberries The region is famous for its production of strawberry, strawberries (''gariguette de Plougastel''). The New World species of strawberry, ''Fragaria chiloensis'', which had been introduced into France by Amédée-François Frézier (1682–1773), flourished in the marine climate of Plougastel. Gardeners there had observed that this species bore abundant fruit when ''Fragaria moschata'' and ''Fragaria virginiana'' were planted in alternating rows with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guipavas
Guipavas (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The writer Maurice Polard (born 1932) 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. Population Inhabitants of Guipavas are called in French ''Guipavasiens''. Breton language *In 2008, 4.39% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''''Enseignement bilingue''/ref> See also * Brest Bretagne Airport *Communes of the Finistère department *Yann Larhantec *List of the works of Bastien and Henry Prigent List of works of Bastien and Henry Prigent. The sculptors or "Ymageurs", Bastien and Henry Prigent ran a workshop (atelier) in Landerneau, Brittany, France from 1527 to 1577 and records show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilers
Guilers (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Guilers are called in French ''Guilériens''. Breton language In 2008, 7.02% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''''Enseignement bilingue''/ref> See also *Communes of the Finistère department The following is a list of the 277 communes of the Finistère department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):Official website * Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gouesnou
Gouesnou (; br, Gouenoù) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. International relations Gouesnou is a satellite town of Brest. Gouesnou is twinned with the town of Brecon in Powys, south Wales enabling cultural exchanges to take place between these two Celtic regions. Geography The Penfeld River takes its source in this commune. Population Inhabitants of Gouesnou are known in French as ''Gouesnousiens''. Breton language In 2008, 8.32% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French. ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg''''Enseignement bilingue''/ref> See also *Communes of the Finistère department The following is a list of the 277 communes of the Finistère department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communauté Urbaine
Communauté urbaine (French for "urban community") is the second most integrated form of intercommunality in France, after the ''Metropolis'' (french: link=no, métropole). A ''communauté urbaine'' is composed of a city (commune) and its independent suburbs (independent communes). The first communautés urbaines were created by the French Parliament on 31 December 1966. Originally there were only four, found in the metropolitan areas of Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon and Strasbourg. Later, others were created in other metropolitan areas. The purpose of the communautés urbaines was to achieve cooperation and joint administration between large cities and their independent suburbs. This step often followed failed attempts to merge the communes within a metropolitan area. The status of the communauté urbaine was modified by the Chevènement Law of 1999. Since the creation of the métropoles in 2011, several former communautés urbaines have become métropoles, for instance Nice, Strasbou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Cuillandre
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, King of France and King consort of Scots (), known as the husband of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher *François Aubry (other), several people * François Baby (other), several people * François Beauchemin (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player for the Anaheim Duck *François Blanc (1806–1877), French entrepreneur and operator of casinos *François Boucher (other), several people *François Caron (other), several people * François Cevert (1944–1973), French racing driver * François Chau (born 1959), Cambodian American actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
