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Lanester
Sign in to saveLanester (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany, in north-western France.
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Lanester is a commune in France, situated within the Morbihan department and the Lorient Agglomeration. It serves as the capital of the canton of Lanester and is located in the Brittany region. The municipality borders Caudan, Hennebont, Kervignac, and Lorient. Its official postal code is 56600, and it operates under the Europe/Paris timezone.
The area of Lanester is 18.37 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 51 meters. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 23,263 residents (10,993 male and 11,735 female) and another citing 24,352. The town is twinned with St Asaph.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lanester
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Population
- 24,352
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Lanester
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Panorama cimetière de bateaux de Lanester.jpg
- French commune.caption
- The ship graveyard on the Blavet river
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Lanester.svg
- French commune.INSEE
- 56098
- French commune.postal code
- 56600
- French commune.arrondissement
- Lorient
- French commune.canton
- Lanester
- French commune.mayor
- Gilles Carreric
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Lorient Agglomération
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 51
- French commune.area km2
- 18.37
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Lanester
Site officiel de la ville de Lanester. Pour découvrir la commune et ses évènements, ses infos pratiques et toute l'actualité, mais aussi pour effectuer vos démarches en ligne
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Lanester
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Lorient
- Population
- 23263
- Area
- 18.37
- Elevation
- 19
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Lorient
- Official website
- www.lanester.bzh
- Image
- Panorama cimetière de bateaux de Lanester.jpg
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- Commons category
- Lanester
- postal code
- 56600
- associated electoral district
- canton of Lanester
- male population
- 10993
- female population
- 11735
- social media followers
- 1296
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-97-76-81-81
- fax number
- +33-2-97-76-81-65
- twinned administrative body
- St Asaph
Sources (4)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Demographics
- Geography
- Map
- History
- Breton language
- See also
- References
- External links
Lanester (; ) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany, in north-western France.
It is the largest suburb of the city of Lorient, across the river Scorff to the east.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lanester” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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