Arrondissement of Brest

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The arrondissement of Brest, sometimes referred to as greater Brest, or the greater Brest region, is an arrondissement of France in the Finistère department in the Brittany region. It has 77 communes. Its population is 374,276 (2016), and its area is 1396.2 km2.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Brest, and their INSEE codes, are:

History

The arrondissement of Brest was created in 1800. 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 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:

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