Brest was the birthplace of:
Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec (1748–1792), navigator Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois (1761–1848), admiral during the time of Napoleon Bonaparte Prosper Garnot (1794–1838), surgeon and naturalist Victor Segalen (1878–1919), naval doctor, ethnographer, archeologist, writer and poet Jean Cras (1879–1932), French composer and career naval officer Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu (1889–1964), priest, diplomat and French Navy officer and admiral Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922–2008), writer and filmmaker Pierre Brice (born 1929), actor Béatrice Dalle (born 1964), actress Christophe Miossec (born 1964), singer Yann Tiersen (born 1970), minimalist multi instrumentalist/musician Sébastien Flute (born 1972), Olympic gold medalist Larsen Touré (born 1984), footballer (naturalized Guinean) Gonzalo Higuaín (born 1987), footballer (naturalized Argentine) Laury Thilleman (born 1991), Miss France 2011Sunday, July 21, 2013
International relations
The entrance of the harbour of Brest
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France
Twin towns – Sister cities
Brest is twinned with:
Denver, Colorado, United States (1956) Plymouth, Devon, England (1963) Kiel, Germany (1964) Taranto, Italy (1964) Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Kantō, Japan (1970) Dún Laoghaire, Republic of Ireland (1984) Cádiz, Spain (1986) Saponé, Burkina Faso (1989) Constanţa, Romania (1993) Friendly relationshipBrest has an official friendly relationship (protocole d'amitié) with:
Bejaïa, Algeria (1995) Panorama from the Recouvrance bridge of the castle and the Tanguy tower.Further reading
Published in the 19th century
"Brest". A Handbook for Travellers in France. London: John Murray. 1861
C.B. Black (1876). "Brest". Guide to the North of France. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black
"Brest". Northern France. Leipsic: Karl Baedeker. 1899. OCLC 2229516
Published in the 20th century
"Grenoble". The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.). New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1910. OCLC 14782424
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