Brebes Regency

{{Short description|Regency in Central Java, Indonesia}}

{{For|the capital of this regency|Brebes, Brebes}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2012}}

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| official_name = Brebes Regency

| settlement_type = Regency

| nickname = Brebes

| motto = Mangesti Wicara Ebahing Praja

| image_skyline = Pemandangan_Luasnya_perkebunan_sayur_yang_indah_di_Lembah_desa_Kaligua_Kab._Brebes_(6).jpg

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| image_caption = Kaligua valley, in Paguyangan District

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| native_name = Kabupaten Brebes

|translit_lang1_type1 = Javanese

|translit_lang1_info1 = {{lang|jv|ꦑꦨꦸꦥꦠꦺꦧꦽꦧꦼꦱ꧀}}

|translit_lang1 = Other

|translit_lang1_type2 = Sundanese

|translit_lang1_info2 = {{Sund|ᮊᮘᮥᮕᮒᮦᮔ᮪ ᮘᮢᮨᮘᮨᮞ᮪}}

| image_seal = seal of Brebes Regency.svg

| image_map = Locator kabupaten brebes.gif

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| map_caption = Location within Central Java

| pushpin_map = Indonesia

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Indonesia

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Indonesia

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Central Java

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| leader_title = Regent

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| leader_title1 = Vice Regent

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| area_total_km2 = 1769.62

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| population_as_of = mid 2024 estimate

| population_note = Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Kabupaten Brebes Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog 1102001.3329)

| population_total = 2065501

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| population_demonym = Brebian
Warga Brebes (id)
Wong Brebes (jv)
Urang Brebes (su)

| timezone = WIB

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| coordinates = {{coord|7|04|S|108|53|E|type:adm2nd_region:ID_dim:100000|display=inline,title}}

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| area_code = 0283

| website = {{URL|http://www.brebeskab.go.id/|brebeskab.go.id}}

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Brebes ({{IPA|id|brə'bəs}}, {{langx|jv|ꦧꦽꦧꦼꦱ꧀}}, {{Langx|su|{{Sund|ᮘᮢᮨᮘᮨᮞ᮪}}}}) is a regency ({{langx|id|kabupaten}}) in the northwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,769.62 km², and it had a population of 1,733,869 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,978,759 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 2,065,501 (comprising 1,046,978 males and 1,018,523 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Kabupaten Brebes Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog 1102001.3329) Its capital is the large town of Brebes in the northeast corner of the regency, immediately adjacent to the neighbouring city of Tegal.

It is bordered to the north by the Java Sea, to the east by Tegal city and Tegal Regency, to the southeast by Banyumas Regency, to the south by Cilacap Regency, and to the west by West Java Province (Kuningan Regency and Cirebon Regency).