Brest Travel: France
Brest (population of the city: 146,000 inhabitants as of 2004 estimates; population of the metropolitan area: 303,484 inhabitants as of 1999 census) is a city in the Bretagne rgion, north-west France, subprefecture of the Finistre dpartement. Located on the western tip of the Brittany peninsula, the city is an important port and naval base.
The military harbor was fortified by Vauban (1633-1707). During World War II, the Germans held a large submarine base in Brest. Destroyed at the end of the war, the city has been rebuilt.
Since 1901 Brest has served as the midpoint for the epic 1200km bicycle endurance event, Paris-Brest-Paris.
Due to its location, Brest is regarded as the first French port that can be accessed from the Americas, and hence shipping is big business, although Nantes and St. Nazaire offer much larger docks and attract more of the larger vessels.
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Tourcoing Travel: France
ourcoing is a city and commune of northern France, in the Nord département, located near the cities of Lille and Roubaix and the Belgian border. Population (1999): 94,204.
Roubaix Travel: France
Roubaix is a city of northern France, in the Nord département, located near the cities of Lille and Tourcoing and the Belgian border. Population (1999): 96,984.
Many years ago there was a 1:1 reproduction of one of the famous caves of Lascaux (France), which cannot be visited, at the Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum. Lascaux apparently has incredible reproductions of cave paintings.
Contact Address
Grote de Lascaux, Semitour Perigord,
25 rue du President Wilson,
BP 1024, 24001 Periguex Cedex,
France
Ph. : (05) 5335 5010, Fax : (05) 5306 3094
Opening Dates and times
Sept-Jun : Tues-sun : 09.30-18.30 pm
July-Aug : Daily : 09.00-20.00 pm
Entrace Fees are FFr50 for adults, FFr25 for child bet 6-12 yr and Free for child under 6.
Terespol is a town in eastern Poland on the border with Belarus, with 6,000 inhabitants (2001). The town lies on the border river Bug, directly opposite the city of Brest, Belarus.
Situated in Biala Podlaska County in the Lublin Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Biala Podlaska Voivodship (1975-1998).
The town is a busy border crossing between Poland and Belarus on the route Berlin-Warsaw-Minsk-Moscow.
Saint-Nazaire Travel: France
Saint-Nazaire is a city and commune in the Loire-Atlantique département of France, of which it is a sous-préfecture. It is a major harbor, on the right bank of the Loire river estuary, near the Atlantic Ocean.
