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''. ...
'', an
intercommunal structure, centred on the
city
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of
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, in the
Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period o ...
region
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, western
France
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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 inde ...
de Brest''.
Its population was 215,367 in 2019, of which 142,555 in Brest proper.
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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.[
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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)
INSEEPlougastel-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
Th ...
* 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 a ...
Administration
The Metropolitan Council consists of 70 members, one of them being the president, currently 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 ...
, the mayor of Brest.
References
External links
Brest Métropole website
Metropolis in France
Intercommunalities of Finistère
Brest, France
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