Lanester

Lanester (Breton: Lannarstêr) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany, in north-western France.

Lanester

Lannarstêr
Coat of arms
Location of Lanester
Lanester
Lanester
Coordinates: 47°45′53″N 3°20′32″W
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentMorbihan
ArrondissementLorient
CantonLanester
IntercommunalityLorient Agglomération
Government
  Mayor (2008—2014) Thérèse Thiery
Area
1
18.37 km2 (7.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
22,728
  Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
56098 /56600
Elevation0–51 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.

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.[2]

gollark: Neat.
gollark: What's a MCHF?
gollark: I²*S*, and maybe, but probably don't do it too often without good filters.
gollark: Apparently the "RMT" (remote control interface) thing it has might be helpful: https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/api-reference/peripherals/rmt.html
gollark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSiRkpgwVKY (with an ESP8266 though).

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue


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