Lanester

Commune in Brittany, France

Commune in Brittany, France

Lanester

Lannarstêr

Commune

The ship graveyard on the Blavet river

Coat of arms

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Coordinates: 47°45′53″N 3°20′32″W﻿ / ﻿47.7647°N 3.3422°W﻿ / 47.7647; -3.3422
Country| France
Region| Brittany
Department| Morbihan
Arrondissement| Lorient
Canton| Lanester
Intercommunality| Lorient Agglomération
Government

• Mayor (2020-2026) | Gilles Carreric[1]

Area

| 18.37 km2 (7.09 sq mi)
Population

(2022)[2]

| 23,188
• Density| 1,300/km2 (3,300/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.

## Demographics

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Inhabitants of Lanester are called Lanestériens.

Historical population| Year| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1911 | 7,729| —
1921 | 8,038| +0.39%
1926 | 7,790| −0.62%
1931 | 7,795| +0.01%
1936 | 8,668| +2.15%
1946 | 5,750| −4.02%
1954 | 11,737| +9.33%
1962 | 16,571| +4.41%
| Year| Pop.| ±% p.a.

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1968 | 19,245| +2.52%
1975 | 21,074| +1.31%
1982 | 21,643| +0.38%
1990 | 22,102| +0.26%
1999 | 21,897| −0.10%
2007 | 22,598| +0.39%
2012 | 22,142| −0.41%
2017 | 22,728| +0.52%

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Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

## Geography

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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

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Topographic map

## History

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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.

## Breton language

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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.[6]

## See also

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* Communes of the Morbihan department
* Pont du Bonhomme

## References

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1. ^ "Maires du Morbihan" (PDF). Préfecture du Morbihan. 7 July 2020.
2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. ^ INSEE commune file
4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Lanester, EHESS (in French).
5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
6. ^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lanester.

* 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)

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