The arrondissement of Brest is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, and certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissem ...

of France in the

Finistère Finistère (, ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. Its prefecture is Quimper and its largest city is Brest, France, Brest. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.department in the

Brittany Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

. It has 77

communes A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

. Its population is 381,226 (2021), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Brest, and their

INSEE code The INSEE code ( ) is a numerical indexing code used by the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (France), French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) to identify various entities, including c ...

s, are: # Bohars (29011) # Bourg-Blanc (29015) # Brélès (29017) # Brest (29019) # Coat-Méal (29035) # Le Conquet (29040) # Daoulas (29043) # Dirinon (29045) # Le Drennec (29047) # Le Folgoët (29055) # La Forest-Landerneau (29056) # Gouesnou (29061) # Goulven (29064) # Guilers (29069) # Guipavas (29075) # Guissény (29077) # Hanvec (29078) # Hôpital-Camfrout (29080) # Île-Molène (29084) # Irvillac (29086) # Kerlouan (29091) # Kernilis (29093) # Kernouës (29094) # Kersaint-Plabennec (29095) # Lampaul-Plouarzel (29098) # Lampaul-Ploudalmézeau (29099) # Lanarvily (29100) # Landéda (29101) #

Landerneau Landerneau (; , ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. It lies at the mouth of the Elorn River which divides the Breton provinces of Cornouaille and Léon, east of Brest. The name is from Lan Ter ...

(29103) # Landunvez (29109) # Lanildut (29112) # Lanneuffret (29116) #

Lannilis Lannilis (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Lannilis are called in French language, French ' ...

(29117) # Lanrivoaré (29119) #

Lesneven Lesneven (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France. It lies northeast of Brest, about from the English Channel in the middle of the Leon plateau. History Lesneven has its origins in the immigration f ...

(29124) # Loc-Brévalaire (29126) # Locmaria-Plouzané (29130) # Logonna-Daoulas (29137) # Loperhet (29140) # La Martyre (29144) # Milizac-Guipronvel (29076) #

Ouessant Ushant (; , ; , ) is a French island at the southwestern end of the English Channel which marks the westernmost point of metropolitan France. It belongs to Brittany (administrative region), Brittany and in medieval times, Viscounty of Léon, Léon ...

(29155) # Pencran (29156) # Plabennec (29160) # Plouarzel (29177) # Ploudalmézeau (29178) # Ploudaniel (29179) # Ploudiry (29180) # Plouédern (29181) #

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 Th ...

(29189) #

Plougonvelin Plougonvelin (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Finistère Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in north-western France. Geography Climate Plougonvelin has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate ...

(29190) # Plouguerneau (29195) # Plouguin (29196) # Plouider (29198) # Ploumoguer (29201) # Plounéour-Brignogan-Plages (29021) # Plourin (29208) # Plouvien (29209) # Plouzané (29212) #

Porspoder Porspoder (; ) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Porspoder are called in French ''Porspodériens''. See also *Communes of the Finistère department The following is a ...

(29221) # Le Relecq-Kerhuon (29235) # La Roche-Maurice (29237) # Saint-Divy (29245) # Saint-Eloy (29246) # Saint-Frégant (29248) # Saint-Méen (29255) # Saint-Pabu (29257) # Saint-Renan (29260) # Saint-Thonan (29268) # Saint-Urbain (29270) # Trébabu (29282) # Tréflévénez (29286) # Trégarantec (29288) # Tréglonou (29290) # Le Tréhou (29294) # Trémaouézan (29295) # Tréouergat (29299)

History

The arrondissement of Brest was created in 1800.Historique du Finistère
/ref> At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Finistère, it lost one commune to the arrondissement of Morlaix. As a result of the reorganisation of the

cantons of France The cantons of France () are territorial subdivisions of the France, French Republic's Departments of France, departments and Arrondissements of France, arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspect ...

which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Brest were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 29 Finistère
INSEE # Brest-Bellevue # Brest-Cavale-Blanche-Bohars-Guilers # Brest-Centre # Brest-Kerichen # Brest-Lambezellec # Brest-L'Hermitage-Gouesnou # Brest-Plouzané # Brest-Recouvrance # Brest-Saint-Marc # Brest-Saint-Pierre # Daoulas # Guipavas #

# Lannilis #

# Ouessant # Plabennec # Ploudalmézeau # Ploudiry # Saint-Renan

References

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