Brest Métropole is the ''

métropole A ''métropole'' (French for "metropolis") is an administrative entity in France, in which several communes cooperate, and which has the right to levy local tax, an ''établissement public de coopération intercommunale à fiscalité propre''. I ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

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Brest Brest may refer to: Places *Brest, Belarus **Brest Region **Brest Airport **Brest Fortress *Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria *Břest, Czech Republic *Brest, France **Arrondissement of Brest **Brest Bretagne Airport ** Château de Brest *Brest, ...

. It is located in the

Finistère Finistère (, ; br, Penn-ar-Bed ) is a department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

, in the

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...

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, western

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. It was created in January 2015, replacing the previous ''

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 indepen ...

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.Intercommunalité-Métropole de Brest Métropole (242900314)
INSEE *

Bohars Bohars (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of 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 ...

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 enablin ...

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 ...

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 sub ...

Plougastel-Daoulas Plougastel-Daoulas (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department, located in the administrative region of Brittany, northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Plougastel-Daoulas are called ''plougastels'' in French. Breton language The ...

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 Pr ...

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 ...

Administration

The Metropolitan Council consists of 70 members, one of them being the president, currently

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, the mayor of Brest.

References

External links

Brest Métropole website
Metropolis in France Intercommunalities of Finistère Brest, France {{Finistère-geo-stub