Bohars
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Bohars Boc'harzh |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Brest | |
| Canton | Brest-4 | |
| Community association | Brest metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 26 ′ N , 4 ° 31 ′ W | |
| height | 3-93 m | |
| surface | 7.27 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,458 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 476 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 29820 | |
| INSEE code | 29011 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-bohars.fr/ | |
 Mairie Bohars |
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Bohars ( Breton Boc'harzh ) is a French commune in the Finistère department in Brittany with 3458 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Brest , the canton of Brest-4 and the Brest Métropole municipal association .
geography
The municipality is located in western Brittany in the greater Brest area on the banks of the Penfeld river . Both the city center of Brest and the Rade de Brest are only a few kilometers southeast, the Atlantic coast at the beginning of the English Channel about 18 kilometers north.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 840 | 909 | 1361 | 2887 | 3043 | 3170 | 3305 | 3458 |
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Transport links
The closest connections to the motorway-like expressways E 50 ( Rennes -Brest) and E 60 ( Nantes -Brest) are only a few kilometers west of the municipality on the north-eastern outskirts of Brest, where they meet. The Gare de Brest train station is a TGV Atlantique station and regional train station in the TER Bretagne network . The Brest airport is located about ten kilometers west.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 73-74.
