Lanester

Lanester Lannarstêr
Commune
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Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 47°45′53″N 3°20′32″W / 47.7647°N 3.3422°W / 47.7647; -3.3422Coordinates: 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 1	18.37 km2 (7.09 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	23,026
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,200/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.

It is the largest suburb of the city of Lorient, across the river Scorff to the east.

Demographics[]

Inhabitants of Lanester are called Lanestériens.

Breton language[]

The municipality created a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on July the 13th of 2006.

In 2008, 5.67% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.^[5]

See also[]

• Communes of the Morbihan department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

External links[]

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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