Lanester
Lanester
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 The ship graveyard on the Blavet river | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Lanester | |
  Lanester Location within France  Lanester Location within Brittany | |
| Coordinates: 47°45′53″N 3°20′32″W / 47.7647°N 3.3422°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Lorient |
| Canton | Lanester |
| Intercommunality | Lorient Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2026–32) | Gilles Carreric[1] |
Area 1 | 18.37 km2 (7.09 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 23,263 |
| • Density | 1,266/km2 (3,280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 56098 /56600 |
| Elevation | 0–51 m (0–167 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Lanester (French pronunciation: [lanɛstɛʁ]; Breton: Lannarstêr) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany, in north-western France.[3]
It is the largest suburb of the city of Lorient, across the river Scorff to the east.
Lanester Velodrome Stadium was built there in 2015.
Demographics
Inhabitants of Lanester are called Lanestériens.
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Geography
The mouth of the river Scorff separates the town of Lorient from the town of Lanester. Lanester is on the left bank while Lorient is on the right bank. The mouth of river Blavet forms a natural boundary to the east and to the south.
Map
History
Lanester was created later than Lorient, with the development of shipyards on the left bank of the river Scorff in the middle of the nineteenth century. Lanester was created as a new commune in February 26, 1909. Before that, it came within the administrative area of the village of Caudan.
The old oil pier, located on the left bank of the Scorff, is due to be demolished in November 2025.[6]
The Hôtel de Ville was completed in 1992.[7]
Breton language
The municipality created a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 13 July 2006.
In 2008, 5.67% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 5 May 2026.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ INSEE commune file
- ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Lanester, EHESS (in French).
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ↑ À Lanester, l'ex-appontement pétrolier va être démoli, letelegramme.fr, 2025-09-15
- ↑ "Lanester: la belle histoire de l'hôtel de ville qui fête ses 30 ans". Ouest France. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
- ↑ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)
