Lanester

Lanester
Lanester; Lannarstêr
	Commune
	The ship graveyard on the Blavet river
	Coat of arms
	Location of Lanester
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	Coordinates: 47°45′53″N 3°20′32″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Lorient
Canton	Lanester
Intercommunality	Lorient Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2008—2014)	Thérèse Thiery
Area 1	18.37 km2 (7.09 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	22,728
• Density	1,200/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 (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.

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.[2]

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