Lorient
Lorient is a city of 57,000 people on the south coast of Brittany.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stade du Moustoir and Lorient station.
Stade du Moustoir
Pitch
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Stade du Moustoir - Yves Allainmat, known as the Stade du Moustoir, is a multi-use stadium in Lorient, France. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Lorient.
Lorient station
Railway station
Photo: Quoique, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lorient is a railway station in Lorient, Brittany, France. The station was opened on 26 September 1862 is located on the Savenay–Landerneau railway. Today, the station is served by TGV, Intercités and TER services operated by the SNCF.
French submarine Flore
Museum
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Flore was a Daphné-class submarine of the French Navy. Launched in 1960, it was in service from 1964 to 1989, primarily operating in the Mediterranean Sea. Since 2010, Flore has been used as a museum ship at the Lorient Submarine Base.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lanester and Ploemeur.
Lanester
Town
Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Lanester Velodrome Stadium was built there in 2015.
Ploemeur
Town
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ploemeur, sometimes written instead as Plœmeur, is a commune in the Morbihan department in the region of Brittany in north-western France. It is a western suburb of Lorient. Ploemeur is situated 4½ km west of Lorient.
Lorient
- Type: Locality with 57,300 residents
- Also known as: “56121”
- Location: Arrondissement of Lorient, Morbihan, Brittany, France, Europe
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Latitude
47.7458° or 47° 44′ 45″ northLongitude
-3.3664° or 3° 21′ 59″ westPopulation
57,300Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
8CVRPJWM+8CGeoNames ID
6437298
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In Other Languages
“Lorient” goes by many names.
- French: “Lorient”
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