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</div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reconstruction-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Geography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Geography subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Location" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Location"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Location</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Location-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Population" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Population"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Population</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Population-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Population subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Population-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Breton_language" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Breton_language"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Breton language</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Breton_language-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Economy-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Economy subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Ports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Ports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Industry" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Industry"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Industry</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Industry-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Education-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Education subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Tertiary" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tertiary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Tertiary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tertiary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Military" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Military</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Military-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lorient_Submarine_Base" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lorient_Submarine_Base"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Lorient Submarine Base</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lorient_Submarine_Base-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Culture subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Events" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Events"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Events</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Events-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Media</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Sports-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Sports subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Football" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Football"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Football</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Football-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sailing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sailing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Sailing</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sailing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_Lorientais" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_Lorientais"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Notable <i>Lorientais</i></span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Notable_Lorientais-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Notable <i>Lorientais</i> subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Notable_Lorientais-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Arts_and_literature" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Arts_and_literature"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Arts and literature</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Arts_and_literature-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sailors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sailors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Sailors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sailors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>Politics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.4</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sciences" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sciences"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.5</span> <span>Sciences</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sciences-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Others" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Others"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.6</span> <span>Others</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Others-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_relations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_relations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>International relations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_relations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" 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title="Lorient – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86" title="لوريون – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="لوريون" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Oriant" title="An Oriant – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="An Oriant" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loryan" title="Loryan – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Loryan" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86" title="لوریان – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="لوریان" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%80%E2%80%99%D1%8F%D0%BD" title="Лар’ян – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Лар’ян" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8F%D1%80%E2%80%99%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Ляр’ен – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Ляр’ен" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Лориан – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Лориан" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Oriant" title="An Oriant – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="An Oriant" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Oriant" title="An Oriant – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="An Oriant" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD" title="Лорьян – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Лорьян" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Oriant" title="An Oriant – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="An Oriant" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BD" title="Λοριάν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λοριάν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86" title="لوریان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لوریان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Oriant" title="An Oriant – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="An Oriant" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Oriant" title="An Oriant – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="An Oriant" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A1%9C%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%99" title="로리앙 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="로리앙" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Լորյան – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լորյան" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD" title="Лорьян – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Лорьян" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9F" title="לוריאן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לוריאן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD" title="Лорьян – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Лорьян" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriens_(urbs_Franciae)" title="Oriens (urbs Franciae) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Oriens (urbs Franciae)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorj%C4%81na" title="Lorjāna – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Lorjāna" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorjanas" title="Lorjanas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Lorjanas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Лорјан – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Лорјан" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86" title="لوريان – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="لوريان" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86" title="لوریان – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="لوریان" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3" title="ロリアン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ロリアン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%B3%D3%80%D1%8F%D0%BD" title="ЛогӀян – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="ЛогӀян" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B2rient_de_Bretanha" title="Lòrient de Bretanha – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Lòrient de Bretanha" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%A1%E1%9E%BC%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%99%E1%9F%89%E1%9E%84%E1%9F%8B" title="ឡូរីយ៉ង់ – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ឡូរីយ៉ង់" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD" title="Лорьян – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Лорьян" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Лорјан – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Лорјан" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD" title="Лорьян – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Лорьян" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%27%D1%8F%D0%BD" title="Лор'ян – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Лор'ян" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Lorient" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a 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class="mw-file-description" title="Lorient is located in Brittany"><img alt="Lorient is located in Brittany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Bretagne_region_location_map.svg/270px-Bretagne_region_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Bretagne_region_location_map.svg/405px-Bretagne_region_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Bretagne_region_location_map.svg/540px-Bretagne_region_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1615" data-file-height="1001" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:69.444%;left:43.448%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lorient"><img alt="Lorient" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Lorient</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Brittany</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lorient&params=47.75_N_3.36_W_type:city(57846)_region:FR-BRE"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">47°45′N</span> <span class="longitude">3°22′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">47.75°N 3.36°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">47.75; -3.36</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_France" title="Regions of France">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brittany_(administrative_region)" title="Brittany (administrative region)">Brittany</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_France" title="Departments of France">Department</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Morbihan" title="Morbihan">Morbihan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_France" title="Arrondissements of France">Arrondissement</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Lorient" title="Arrondissement of Lorient">Lorient</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_France" title="Cantons of France">Canton</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Lorient-1" title="Canton of Lorient-1">Lorient-1</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Lorient-2" title="Canton of Lorient-2">2</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Communes_of_France#Intercommunality" title="Communes of France">Intercommunality</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lorient_Agglom%C3%A9ration" title="Lorient Agglomération">Lorient Agglomération</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(2020–2026) </span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fabrice_Loher" title="Fabrice Loher">Fabrice Loher</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup><b>1</b></sup></div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">17.48 km<sup>2</sup> (6.75 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2021)<sup id="cite_ref-popleg2021_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popleg2021-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">57,846</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">3,300/km<sup>2</sup> (8,600/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B01:00" title="UTC+01:00">UTC+01:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B02:00" title="UTC+02:00">UTC+02:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/INSEE_code" title="INSEE code">INSEE</a>/Postal code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=COM-56121">56121</a> /56100</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">0–46 m (0–151 ft)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><sup><b>1</b></sup> French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km<sup>2</sup> (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lorient</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">French:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/French" title="Help:IPA/French">[lɔʁjɑ̃]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/7\/70\/Fr-Lorient.ogg\/Fr-Lorient.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Fr-Lorient.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/70/Fr-Lorient.ogg/Fr-Lorient.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Fr-Lorient.ogg" title="File:Fr-Lorient.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Breton_language" title="Breton language">Breton</a>: <i lang="br">An Oriant</i>) is a town (<i><a href="/wiki/Communes_of_France" title="Communes of France">commune</a></i>) and <a href="/wiki/Port" title="Port">seaport</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Morbihan" title="Morbihan">Morbihan</a> <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_France" title="Departments of France">department</a> of <a href="/wiki/Brittany_(administrative_region)" title="Brittany (administrative region)">Brittany</a> in western <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Lorient" title="History of Lorient">History of Lorient</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prehistory_and_classical_antiquity">Prehistory and classical antiquity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Prehistory and classical antiquity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beginning around 3000 BC, settlements in the area of Lorient are attested by the presence of <a href="/wiki/Megalith" title="Megalith">megalithic architecture</a>. Ruins of <a href="/wiki/Roman_roads" title="Roman roads">Roman roads</a> (linking <a href="/wiki/Vannes" title="Vannes">Vannes</a> to <a href="/wiki/Quimper" title="Quimper">Quimper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Port-Louis,_Morbihan" title="Port-Louis, Morbihan">Port-Louis</a> to <a href="/wiki/Carhaix" class="mw-redirect" title="Carhaix">Carhaix</a>) confirm <a href="/wiki/Gallo-Roman" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallo-Roman">Gallo-Roman</a> presence. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding">Founding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Founding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lorient-au-18-eme-siecle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Lorient-au-18-eme-siecle.jpg/220px-Lorient-au-18-eme-siecle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Lorient-au-18-eme-siecle.jpg/330px-Lorient-au-18-eme-siecle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Lorient-au-18-eme-siecle.jpg/440px-Lorient-au-18-eme-siecle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2093" data-file-height="1326" /></a><figcaption>Lorient in the 18th century</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1664, <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Colbert" title="Jean-Baptiste Colbert">Jean-Baptiste Colbert</a> founded the <a href="/wiki/French_East_Indies_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="French East Indies Company">French East Indies Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 1666, an <a href="/wiki/Ordonnance" title="Ordonnance">ordinance</a> of <a href="/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XIV of France">Louis XIV</a> granted lands of <a href="/wiki/Port-Louis,_Morbihan" title="Port-Louis, Morbihan">Port-Louis</a> to the company, along with Faouédic on the other side of the <a href="/wiki/Roadstead" title="Roadstead">roadstead</a>. One of its directors, Denis Langlois, bought lands at the confluence of the <a href="/wiki/Scorff" title="Scorff">Scorff</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Blavet" title="Blavet">Blavet</a> rivers, and built <a href="/wiki/Slipway" title="Slipway">slipways</a>. At first, it only served as a subsidiary of Port-Louis, where offices and warehouses were located.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following years, the operation was almost abandoned, but in 1675, during the <a href="/wiki/Franco-Dutch_War" title="Franco-Dutch War">Franco-Dutch War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/French_East_Indies_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="French East Indies Company">French East Indies Company</a> scrapped its base in <a href="/wiki/Le_Havre" title="Le Havre">Le Havre</a> since it was too exposed during wartime, and transferred its infrastructures to l'Enclot, out of which Lorient grew. The company then erected a chapel, workshops, forges, and offices, leaving Port-Louis permanently.<sup id="cite_ref-Chaumeil_P68_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaumeil_P68-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city's name is derived from <i>Le Soleil d'Orient</i>, the first ship constructed at the site, in 1669. Workers gave the site the name of the ship, which, by contraction, became simply <i>L'Orient</i> and finally <i>Lorient</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/French_Navy" title="French Navy">French Royal Navy</a> opened a base there in 1690, under the command of <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Colbert,_Marquis_de_Seignelay" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay">Colbert de Seignelay</a>, who inherited <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Colbert" title="Jean-Baptiste Colbert">his father</a>'s position as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_the_Navy_(France)" title="Secretary of State of the Navy (France)">Secretary of State of the Navy</a>. At the same time, <a href="/wiki/Privateer" title="Privateer">privateers</a> from <a href="/wiki/Saint-Malo" title="Saint-Malo">Saint-Malo</a> took shelter there.<sup id="cite_ref-Chaumeil_P68_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaumeil_P68-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1700, the town grew out of l'Enclot following a law forcing people to leave the domain to move to the Faouédic heath. In 1702, there were about 6,000 inhabitants in Lorient, though activities slowed, and the town began to decline.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Growth_under_the_Company_of_the_Indies">Growth under the Company of the Indies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Growth under the Company of the Indies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Le_port_et_la_rade_de_Lorient_vers_1800.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Le_port_et_la_rade_de_Lorient_vers_1800.jpg/220px-Le_port_et_la_rade_de_Lorient_vers_1800.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Le_port_et_la_rade_de_Lorient_vers_1800.jpg/330px-Le_port_et_la_rade_de_Lorient_vers_1800.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Le_port_et_la_rade_de_Lorient_vers_1800.jpg/440px-Le_port_et_la_rade_de_Lorient_vers_1800.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1107" data-file-height="663" /></a><figcaption>L'Enclos at the end of the 18th century</figcaption></figure> <p>The town experienced a period of growth when <a href="/wiki/John_Law_(economist)" title="John Law (economist)">John Law</a> formed the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Company" title="Mississippi Company">Perpetual Company of the Indies</a> by absorbing other <a href="/wiki/Chartered_companies" class="mw-redirect" title="Chartered companies">chartered companies</a> (including the <a href="/wiki/French_East_India_Company" title="French East India Company">French East India Company</a>), and chose Lorient as its operations base. Despite the <a href="/wiki/Economic_bubble" title="Economic bubble">economic bubble</a> caused by the Company in 1720, the city was still growing<sup id="cite_ref-Chaumeil_P70_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaumeil_P70-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as it took part in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_triangular_slave_trade" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic triangular slave trade">Atlantic triangular slave trade</a>. From 1720 to 1790, 156 ships deported an estimated 43,000 slaves.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1732, the Company decided to transfer its sales headquarters from <a href="/wiki/Nantes" title="Nantes">Nantes</a> to Lorient, and asked architect <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Gabriel" title="Jacques Gabriel">Jacques Gabriel</a> to raise new buildings out of <a href="/wiki/Dimension_stone" title="Dimension stone">dimension stones</a> to host these new activities, and to embellish the L'Enclos domain.<sup id="cite_ref-Chaumeil_P70_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaumeil_P70-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sales began in 1734, peaking up to 25 million <i><a href="/wiki/Livre_tournois" title="Livre tournois">livres tournois</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chaumeil_P71_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaumeil_P71-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1769, the Company's monopoly ended with the scrapping of the company itself, under the influence of the <a href="/wiki/Physiocracy" title="Physiocracy">physiocrats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chaumeil_P73_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaumeil_P73-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until the Company's closure, the city took advantage of its prosperity. In 1738, there were 14,000 inhabitants, or 20,000 considering the outlying villages of Kerentrech, Merville, La Perrière, Calvin, and Keryado, which are now neighbourhoods within the present-day city limits. In 1735, new streets were laid out and in 1738, it was granted city status. Further work was undertaken as the streets began to be paved, wharves and slipways were built along the Faouédic river, and <a href="/wiki/Thatching" title="Thatching">thatched</a> houses were replaced with stone buildings following 18th-century classical architecture style as it was the case for l'Enclos.<sup id="cite_ref-Chaumeil_P71_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaumeil_P71-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1744, the city walls were erected, and proved quickly useful as <a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Lorient" title="Raid on Lorient">Lorient was raided</a> in September 1746.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the demise of the Company, the city lost one-seventh of its population.<sup id="cite_ref-Chaumeil_P74_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaumeil_P74-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1769, the city evolved into a full-scale <a href="/wiki/Naval_base" title="Naval base">naval base</a> for the <a href="/wiki/French_Navy" title="French Navy">Royal Navy</a> when the <a href="/wiki/Louis_XV_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XV of France">King</a> bought out the Company's infrastructures for 17,500,000 <i><a href="/wiki/Livre_tournois" title="Livre tournois">livres tournois</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chaumeil_P73_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaumeil_P73-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1775 on, the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> brought a surge in activity, as many <a href="/wiki/Privateers" class="mw-redirect" title="Privateers">privateers</a> hailed from Lorient. When the war ended, transatlantic lines opened to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, and in 1785, a new commercial company started under <a href="/wiki/Charles_Alexandre_de_Calonne" title="Charles Alexandre de Calonne">Calonne</a>'s tutelage (then <a href="/wiki/Controller-General_of_Finances" title="Controller-General of Finances">Controller-General of Finances</a>) with the same goal as the previous entities, i.e. conducting trade in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, with again Lorient standing as its operative base.<sup id="cite_ref-Chaumeil_P74_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaumeil_P74-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a> and the subsequent <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Napoleonic wars">Napoleonic wars</a> put an end to trade for nearly two decades.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="19th_and_early_20th_centuries">19th and early 20th centuries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 19th and early 20th centuries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Berthe_Morisot_The_Harbor_at_Lorient.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Berthe_Morisot_The_Harbor_at_Lorient.jpg/220px-Berthe_Morisot_The_Harbor_at_Lorient.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Berthe_Morisot_The_Harbor_at_Lorient.jpg/330px-Berthe_Morisot_The_Harbor_at_Lorient.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Berthe_Morisot_The_Harbor_at_Lorient.jpg/440px-Berthe_Morisot_The_Harbor_at_Lorient.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2668" data-file-height="1543" /></a><figcaption>The Harbor at Lorient, 1869 painting by <a href="/wiki/Berthe_Morisot" title="Berthe Morisot">Berthe Morisot</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lorient_-_Cours_de_la_B%C3%B4ve_(1907).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Lorient_-_Cours_de_la_B%C3%B4ve_%281907%29.jpg/220px-Lorient_-_Cours_de_la_B%C3%B4ve_%281907%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Lorient_-_Cours_de_la_B%C3%B4ve_%281907%29.jpg/330px-Lorient_-_Cours_de_la_B%C3%B4ve_%281907%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Lorient_-_Cours_de_la_B%C3%B4ve_%281907%29.jpg/440px-Lorient_-_Cours_de_la_B%C3%B4ve_%281907%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4392" data-file-height="2818" /></a><figcaption>Cours de la Bôve (1907)</figcaption></figure> <p>Maritime activities slowed at the start of the 19th century. Activity at the shipyards and naval base reached a low that would last until the <a href="/wiki/July_Monarchy" title="July Monarchy">July Monarchy</a>. During this period, the city was more of an administrative center.<sup id="cite_ref-Chaumeil_P76_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaumeil_P76-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first <a href="/wiki/Secondary_school" title="Secondary school">secondary school</a> opened in 1822, a <a href="/wiki/Lazaretto" title="Lazaretto">lazaretto</a> in 1823, and <a href="/wiki/Barracks" title="Barracks">barracks</a> in 1839.<sup id="cite_ref-Chaumeil_P77_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaumeil_P77-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city began to modernize in the second quarter of the century; in 1825, a roofed slipway and a <a href="/wiki/Drydock" class="mw-redirect" title="Drydock">drydock</a> were added to the shipyards.<sup id="cite_ref-Chaumeil_P76_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaumeil_P76-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Sardine" title="Sardine">sardine</a> <a href="/wiki/Cannery" class="mw-redirect" title="Cannery">cannery</a><sup id="cite_ref-Chaumeil_P80_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaumeil_P80-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> opened the same year. The first <a href="/wiki/Gasworks" title="Gasworks">gasworks</a> was built in 1845.<sup id="cite_ref-Chaumeil_P79_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaumeil_P79-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the second half of the 19th century, the <a href="/wiki/Steam_engine" title="Steam engine">steam engine</a> allowed the ports to strengthen their output.<sup id="cite_ref-Chaumeil_P77_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaumeil_P77-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first <a href="/wiki/Locomotive" title="Locomotive">locomotive</a> reached the city in 1865.<sup id="cite_ref-Chaumeil_P80_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaumeil_P80-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1861, the original <a href="/wiki/Drydock" class="mw-redirect" title="Drydock">drydock</a> was enlarged as a second one was dug out. The same year, the <a href="/wiki/Ironclad" class="mw-redirect" title="Ironclad">ironclad</a> <i><a href="/wiki/French_ironclad_Couronne" title="French ironclad Couronne">Couronne</a></i> was built on a design directly inspired by the <i><a href="/wiki/French_ironclad_Gloire" title="French ironclad Gloire">Gloire</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Ship_class" title="Ship class">class</a>, though unlike her wooden-hull predecessors, she was entirely made of iron. She was followed in 1876 by the ironclad <i><a href="/wiki/French_ironclad_Redoutable" title="French ironclad Redoutable">Redoutable</a></i>, the first ship in the world with a steel structure. </p><p>In 1889, fishing expanded following the creation of the municipal fish market,<sup id="cite_ref-Chaumeil_P79_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chaumeil_P79-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the arrival of <a href="/wiki/Steam-powered" class="mw-redirect" title="Steam-powered">steam-powered</a> <a href="/wiki/Fishing_trawler" title="Fishing trawler">fishing trawlers</a> in 1900. The <a href="/wiki/Fishing_port_of_Lorient-Keroman" title="Fishing port of Lorient-Keroman">Keroman fishing port</a> construction started in 1920. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1941, the <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Germans</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Military_Administration_in_France_(Nazi_Germany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Military Administration in France (Nazi Germany)">occupying France</a>, chose to establish a <a href="/wiki/U-boat_base" class="mw-redirect" title="U-boat base">U-boat base</a> at Lorient. The <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a> facilities quickly became targets of constant bombing from <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> air forces. The Germans decided to build a complex of bomb-proof <a href="/wiki/Submarine_pen" title="Submarine pen">submarine pens</a>, their <a href="/wiki/Lorient_U-boat_base" class="mw-redirect" title="Lorient U-boat base">largest U-boat base</a>, which would house the <a href="/wiki/2nd_U-boat_Flotilla" title="2nd U-boat Flotilla">2nd</a> and the <a href="/wiki/10th_U-boat_Flotilla" title="10th U-boat Flotilla">10th</a> U-boat flotillas for the bulk of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a>. <a href="/wiki/Karl_D%C3%B6nitz" title="Karl Dönitz">Karl Dönitz</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Befehlshaber_der_U-Boote" title="Befehlshaber der U-Boote">supreme commander of the U-boat Arm</a>, moved his staff into the Kernevel villa, just across the water from Keroman, in <a href="/wiki/Larmor-Plage" title="Larmor-Plage">Larmor-Plage</a>. </p><p>In 1943–1944, Lorient was nearly razed to the ground by Allied <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing_during_World_War_II" title="Strategic bombing during World War II">bombing</a>, which failed to destroy the submarine pens despite 4,000 tons of bombs dropped.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the book <i>Steel Boats, Iron Hearts</i> (by former <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-505" title="German submarine U-505"><i>U-505</i></a> crewman <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hans_Goebeler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hans Goebeler (page does not exist)">Hans Goebeler</a>), after the Allies failed to damage the U-boat bunkers the bombing shifted to the city itself to deny the Germans workers and other resources. Before the bombings, thousands of leaflets were dropped on the population instructing the inhabitants to evacuate.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 14 January 1943 and 17 February 1943, as many as 500 high-explosive <a href="/wiki/Aerial_bomb" title="Aerial bomb">aerial bombs</a> and more than 60,000 <a href="/wiki/Incendiary_bombs" class="mw-redirect" title="Incendiary bombs">incendiary bombs</a> were dropped on Lorient. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Normandy landings</a> in June 1944 and the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Cobra" title="Operation Cobra">subsequent breakout</a>, Lorient was surrounded by Allied troops on 12 August 1944. Its usefulness as a naval base gone, Lorient was left in a state of siege, surrounded by the <a href="/wiki/French_Forces_of_the_West" title="French Forces of the West">French Forces of the West</a>, supported by a US Infantry Division. On 10 May 1945, the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_pockets" title="Atlantic pockets">German garrison</a> surrendered, <a href="/wiki/End_of_World_War_II_in_Europe" title="End of World War II in Europe">two days after</a> the official final <a href="/wiki/German_Instrument_of_Surrender" title="German Instrument of Surrender">unconditional surrender of Germany</a>. In 1949, the city of Lorient was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honour" title="Legion of Honour">Legion of Honour</a> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Croix_de_guerre_1939%E2%80%931945_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (France)">Croix de guerre 1939–1945</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reconstruction">Reconstruction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Reconstruction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville_de_Lorient.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville_de_Lorient.JPG/220px-H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville_de_Lorient.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville_de_Lorient.JPG/330px-H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville_de_Lorient.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville_de_Lorient.JPG/440px-H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville_de_Lorient.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2576" data-file-height="1932" /></a><figcaption>Lorient city hall</figcaption></figure> <p>In April 1945, the Reconstruction Ministry advocated the use of temporary wooden shacks. These shelters were shipped as a kit to be built on site. In 1948, there were 28 settlements under the city's authority, and 20 more in the <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">urban area</a>, distributed among the neighboring towns of <a href="/wiki/Ploemeur" title="Ploemeur">Ploemeur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lanester" title="Lanester">Lanester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hennebont" title="Hennebont">Hennebont</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qu%C3%A9ven" title="Quéven">Quéven</a>. Each of these neighbourhoods could hold up to 280 houses. </p><p>This temporary housing would stand from 10 to 40 years depending on the location. The last shack in the largest settlement, Soye, was torn down in 1991. Today, only a few buildings dating to the 18th century still stand. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Location">Location</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_lorient.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Map_lorient.jpg/220px-Map_lorient.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Map_lorient.jpg/330px-Map_lorient.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Map_lorient.jpg/440px-Map_lorient.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1847" data-file-height="2152" /></a><figcaption>Map of Lorient</figcaption></figure> <p>Lorient is located on the south coast of <a href="/wiki/Brittany_(administrative_region)" title="Brittany (administrative region)">Brittany</a>, where the rivers <a href="/wiki/Scorff" title="Scorff">Scorff</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blavet" title="Blavet">Blavet</a> join to form the <a href="/wiki/Roadstead_of_Lorient" title="Roadstead of Lorient">roadstead of Lorient</a>, before discharging into the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>. The river Ter used to flow into the <a href="/wiki/Estuary" title="Estuary">estuary</a> to the south of the city, however, a <a href="/wiki/Dam" title="Dam">dam</a> was constructed in 1967, stopping the flow. The city is 503 kilometres (313 mi) south-west of <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, 153 kilometres (95 mi) south-west of <a href="/wiki/Rennes" title="Rennes">Rennes</a> and 158 kilometres (98 mi) north-west of <a href="/wiki/Nantes" title="Nantes">Nantes</a>. </p><p>The city comprises different neighbourhoods: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output 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id="Places_adjacent_to_Lorient" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Places adjacent to Lorient</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><table role="presentation" style="width:100%; margin:0; text-align:center;"><tbody><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Qu%C3%A9ven" title="Quéven">Quéven</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Ploemeur" title="Ploemeur">Ploemeur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Qu%C3%A9ven" title="Quéven">Quéven</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caudan" title="Caudan">Caudan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lanester" title="Lanester">Lanester</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="North"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/21px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/28px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Ploemeur" title="Ploemeur">Ploemeur</a></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/25px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/34px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span><b style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:middle; margin:0.75em 1em">Lorient</b><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="East"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/34px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Lanester" title="Lanester">Lanester</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/21px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/28px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ploemeur" title="Ploemeur">Ploemeur</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larmor-Plage" title="Larmor-Plage">Larmor-Plage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port-Louis,_Morbihan" title="Port-Louis, Morbihan">Port-Louis</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Locmiqu%C3%A9lic" title="Locmiquélic">Locmiquélic</a></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>, Lorient experiences an <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a> (Cfb), with mild winters and cool to warm summers. Precipitation is evenly distributed throughout the year. Frost is rare in winter, as are days over 30 °C (86 °F) during summer. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Lorient (<a href="/wiki/Lorient_South_Brittany_Airport" title="Lorient South Brittany Airport">Lann-Bihoué Airport</a>) 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1952–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.1<br />(80.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.8<br />(85.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF2600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.9<br />(96.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF1A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.6<br />(99.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF1B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.5<br />(99.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.0<br />(87.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.2<br />(81.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.6<br />(67.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4<br />(61.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF1A00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">37.6<br />(99.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC79; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.2<br />(57.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA54B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.5<br />(63.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.3<br />(70.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.3<br />(77.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.7<br />(85.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.1<br />(84.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.0<br />(69.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.0<br />(62.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.9<br />(57.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">31.4<br />(88.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(64.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8206; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.5<br />(72.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.6<br />(72.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">16.1<br />(60.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9<br />(44.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1<br />(44.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(47.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4<br />(61.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.0<br />(64.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(64.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.3<br />(55.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEAD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5<br />(45.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC994; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.2<br />(54.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0<br />(39.2) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br />(38.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0<br />(41.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4<br />(43.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3<br />(48.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9<br />(53.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5<br />(52.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFF0E2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6<br />(43.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFEFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6<br />(40.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">8.3<br />(47.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.5<br />(25.7) </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.7<br />(27.1) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.0<br />(30.2) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4<br />(32.7) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5<br />(38.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3<br />(43.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(48.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(46.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8<br />(37.0) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.1<br />(31.8) </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.6<br />(27.3) </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−4.9<br />(23.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−13.1<br />(8.4) </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−11.0<br />(12.2) </td> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.4<br />(18.7) </td> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.1<br />(24.6) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.1<br />(30.0) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6<br />(34.9) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4<br />(38.1) </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1<br />(39.4) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.8<br />(28.8) </td> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.0<br />(23.0) </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.7<br />(16.3) </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−13.1<br />(8.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #5CFF5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">109.0<br />(4.29) </td> <td style="background: #78FF78; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82.5<br />(3.25) </td> <td style="background: #9CFF9C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.2<br />(2.61) </td> <td style="background: #97FF97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.5<br />(2.66) </td> <td style="background: #9CFF9C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.0<br />(2.60) </td> <td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.0<br />(2.05) </td> <td style="background: #ACFFAC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.2<br />(2.17) </td> <td style="background: #AFFFAF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.3<br />(2.10) </td> <td style="background: #99FF99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.7<br />(2.59) </td> <td style="background: #64FF64; color:#000000;" class="notheme">103.8<br />(4.09) </td> <td style="background: #59FF59; color:#000000;" class="notheme">107.6<br />(4.24) </td> <td style="background: #54FF54; color:#000000;" class="notheme">114.5<br />(4.51) </td> <td style="background: #87FF87; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">943.3<br />(37.16) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #4E4EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.3 </td> <td style="background: #6161FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">11.6 </td> <td style="background: #7878FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #8686FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8 </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0 </td> <td style="background: #9898FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3 </td> <td style="background: #9F9FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7 </td> <td style="background: #9595FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3 </td> <td style="background: #6363FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.6 </td> <td style="background: #4F4FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.8 </td> <td style="background: #4F4FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.2 </td> <td style="background: #7676FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">130.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000AD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">88 </td> <td style="background: #0000B8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">85 </td> <td style="background: #0000C4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">82 </td> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81 </td> <td style="background: #0000BC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">84 </td> <td style="background: #0000B1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">87 </td> <td style="background: #0000B1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">87 </td> <td style="background: #0000AD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">88 </td> <td style="background: #0000BE; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">83.5 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #818181; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70.6 </td> <td style="background: #B0B080; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98.6 </td> <td style="background: #C1C11E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">143.7 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">190.8 </td> <td style="background: #DADA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">214.1 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">224.3 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">231.7 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">219.4 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">192.8 </td> <td style="background: #B6B660; color:#000000;" class="notheme">119.9 </td> <td style="background: #A4A4A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.1 </td> <td style="background: #838383; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72.0 </td> <td style="background: #C7C700; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,865 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Météo France,<sup id="cite_ref-MFclimat1_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MFclimat1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Infoclimat (humidity, 1961–1990),<sup id="cite_ref-Infoclimat_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Infoclimat-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Meteociel <sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, Lorient had a population of 57,149.<sup id="cite_ref-pophis_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pophis-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, its <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_France#Intercommunality" title="Communes of France">intercommunality</a> <a href="/wiki/Lorient_Agglom%C3%A9ration" title="Lorient Agglomération">Lorient Agglomération</a> had 203,309 inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-Lorient_agglo_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lorient_agglo-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lorient is the most populous <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_France" title="Communes of France">commune</a> in <a href="/wiki/Morbihan" title="Morbihan">Morbihan</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_France" title="Departments of France">département</a></i>, although the <i><a href="/wiki/Pr%C3%A9fecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Préfecture">préfecture</a></i> is the slightly smaller commune of <a href="/wiki/Vannes" title="Vannes">Vannes</a>. Inhabitants of Lorient are called <i>Lorientais</i>. </p><p>The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Lorient proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Lorient absorbed the former commune of Keryado in 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-ehess_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ehess-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:45em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding:0 0.5em"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1793 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">22,318</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1800 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">17,837</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−3.15%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1806 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">20,553</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.39%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1821 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">17,115</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.21%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1831 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">18,322</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.68%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1836 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">18,975</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.70%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1841 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">23,621</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.48%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1846 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">26,434</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.28%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1851 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">25,694</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.57%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1856 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">28,412</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+2.03%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1861 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">35,462</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.53%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1866 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">37,655</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.21%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0 0.5em;border-left:solid 1px #aaa"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1872 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">34,660</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.37%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1876 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">35,165</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.36%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1881 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">37,812</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.46%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1886 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">40,055</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.16%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1891 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">42,116</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.01%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1896 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">41,894</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.11%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">44,640</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.28%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1906 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">46,403</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.78%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1911 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">49,039</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.11%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">46,314</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.57%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1926 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">41,592</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−2.13%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1931 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">42,853</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.60%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0 0.5em;border-left:solid 1px #aaa"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1936 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">45,817</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.35%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1946 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">11,838</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−12.66%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1954 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">47,095</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+18.84%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1962 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">60,566</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.19%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1968 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">66,444</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.56%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1975 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">69,769</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.70%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1982 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">62,554</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.55%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1990 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">59,271</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.67%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1999 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">59,189</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.02%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2007 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">58,135</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.22%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2012 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">57,706</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−0.15%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2017 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">57,149</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.19%</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000)"><div class="center"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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There is more info on <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T334940" class="extiw" title="phab:T334940">Phabricator</a> and on <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph/Plans" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Graph/Plans">MediaWiki.org</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: EHESS<sup id="cite_ref-ehess_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ehess-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and INSEE<sup id="cite_ref-pophis_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pophis-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Breton_language">Breton language</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Breton language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The municipality launched a linguistic plan through <a href="/wiki/Ya_d%27ar_brezhoneg" title="Ya d'ar brezhoneg">Ya d'ar brezhoneg</a> on 25 January 2007. </p><p>In 2008, 2.71% of the children attended the bilingual schools in primary education.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fregate_forbin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Fregate_forbin.jpg/220px-Fregate_forbin.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Fregate_forbin.jpg/330px-Fregate_forbin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Fregate_forbin.jpg/440px-Fregate_forbin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3230" data-file-height="2155" /></a><figcaption>Ongoing building of <a href="/wiki/Horizon-class_frigate" title="Horizon-class frigate">Horizon-class frigate</a> <a href="/wiki/French_frigate_Forbin" title="French frigate Forbin"><i>Forbin</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/DCNS_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="DCNS (company)">DCNS</a> shipyard in 2006</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vraquier-Iolcos-Triumph.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Vraquier-Iolcos-Triumph.jpg/220px-Vraquier-Iolcos-Triumph.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Vraquier-Iolcos-Triumph.jpg/330px-Vraquier-Iolcos-Triumph.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Vraquier-Iolcos-Triumph.jpg/440px-Vraquier-Iolcos-Triumph.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Soy being unloaded at Kergroise port</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ports">Ports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Ports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Seven_Seas_Voyager_in_Lorient.ogv/220px--Seven_Seas_Voyager_in_Lorient.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="165" data-durationhint="54" data-mwtitle="Seven_Seas_Voyager_in_Lorient.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Seven_Seas_Voyager_in_Lorient.ogv"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/Seven_Seas_Voyager_in_Lorient.ogv/Seven_Seas_Voyager_in_Lorient.ogv.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Seven_Seas_Voyager_in_Lorient.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" data-width="640" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/Seven_Seas_Voyager_in_Lorient.ogv/Seven_Seas_Voyager_in_Lorient.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="320" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/Seven_Seas_Voyager_in_Lorient.ogv/Seven_Seas_Voyager_in_Lorient.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/Seven_Seas_Voyager_in_Lorient.ogv/Seven_Seas_Voyager_in_Lorient.ogv.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Seven_Seas_Voyager" title="Seven Seas Voyager"><i>Seven Seas Voyager</i></a> leaving port</figcaption></figure> <p>Lorient is commonly referred to as <i>La ville aux cinq ports</i> ("the city of five ports"): military, fishing, commercial, passengers and yachting.<sup id="cite_ref-lorientports_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lorientports-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, the sector represented 9,600 direct jobs for a total 12,000 jobs (with indirect jobs accounted for), or 12% of local employment.<sup id="cite_ref-ouest-france:_secteur_maritime_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ouest-france:_secteur_maritime-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Keroman fishing port (<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_de_p%C3%AAche_de_Keroman" class="extiw" title="fr:Port de pêche de Keroman">fr</a>): In 2010, with a catch of 27,000 tons, it was second only to <a href="/wiki/Boulogne-sur-Mer" title="Boulogne-sur-Mer">Boulogne-sur-Mer</a> regarding catch tonnage among French fishing ports, but first considering the cash value.<sup id="cite_ref-ouest-france:_pêche_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ouest-france:_pêche-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It accounts for 3,000 jobs (including 700 fishermen) and 130 fishing vessels.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Kergroise" title="Port of Kergroise">Kergroise cargo port</a> : With 2.6 million tons of cargo per year (including oil, cattle fodder, sand, containers), it ranks first in Brittany.<sup id="cite_ref-Lorient_kergroise_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lorient_kergroise-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marinas" class="mw-redirect" title="Marinas">Marinas</a> : mooring berths are dispatched on Lorient (370), Kernevel (1,000), <a href="/wiki/Port-Louis,_Morbihan" title="Port-Louis, Morbihan">Port-Louis</a> (450), <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A2vres" title="Gâvres">Gâvres</a> (57) and <a href="/wiki/Guidel" title="Guidel">Guidel</a> (102).<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, there is an 800 metres (2,600 ft) long dock dedicated to offshore competitive sailing (<i>Pôle course au large</i>), recently built within the <a href="/wiki/Lorient_Submarine_Base" title="Lorient Submarine Base">former submarine base</a>.</li> <li>Passenger ships : each year, more 457,500 passengers set sail to the nearby islands of <a href="/wiki/Groix" title="Groix">Groix</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belle-%C3%8Ele-en-Mer" class="mw-redirect" title="Belle-Île-en-Mer">Belle-Île-en-Mer</a>.</li> <li>Military : though no longer a <a href="/wiki/French_Navy" title="French Navy">French Navy</a> base, new <a href="/wiki/Warship" title="Warship">warships</a> are still built at <a href="/wiki/DCNS_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="DCNS (company)">DCNS</a>, docking temporarily on <a href="/wiki/Wharfs" class="mw-redirect" title="Wharfs">wharves</a> along the <a href="/wiki/Scorff" title="Scorff">Scorff</a> river.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Citadelle_de_Port-Louis_(12)_-_Port_et_rade_de_Lorient.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Citadelle_de_Port-Louis_%2812%29_-_Port_et_rade_de_Lorient.jpg/800px-Citadelle_de_Port-Louis_%2812%29_-_Port_et_rade_de_Lorient.jpg" decoding="async" width="800" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Citadelle_de_Port-Louis_%2812%29_-_Port_et_rade_de_Lorient.jpg/1200px-Citadelle_de_Port-Louis_%2812%29_-_Port_et_rade_de_Lorient.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Citadelle_de_Port-Louis_%2812%29_-_Port_et_rade_de_Lorient.jpg/1600px-Citadelle_de_Port-Louis_%2812%29_-_Port_et_rade_de_Lorient.jpg 2x" data-file-width="14376" data-file-height="2520" /></a><figcaption>The port and disused submarine base</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industry">Industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From its founding, <a href="/wiki/Shipbuilding" title="Shipbuilding">shipbuilding</a> has always been of great importance to the city. <a href="/wiki/DCNS_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="DCNS (company)">DCNS</a> continues the legacy of the formerly state-owned <a href="/wiki/Shipyard" title="Shipyard">shipyards</a> (colloquially known as <i>l'Arsenal</i>) that began operation in 1690. It still builds warships, mainly <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigates</a>. There is also a substantial industrial base in Keroman to support the fishing fleet. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transport">Transport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Lorient_South_Brittany_Airport" title="Lorient South Brittany Airport">Lorient South Brittany Airport</a> is situated just west of the city at Lann Bihoue. It operates charter flights and regular flights to Toulouse. It used to operate direct flights to <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lyon" title="Lyon">Lyon</a> all year long and other city such as London and Porto in the Summer. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Gare_de_Lorient" class="mw-redirect" title="Gare de Lorient">Gare de Lorient</a> is the railway station, offering connections to Quimper, Nantes, Rennes, Paris (less than three hours by TGV) and several regional destinations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Schools in Lorient belong to the Academy of <a href="/wiki/Rennes" title="Rennes">Rennes</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tertiary">Tertiary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Tertiary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Classe_pr%C3%A9paratoire_aux_grandes_%C3%A9coles" title="Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles">CPGE</a> at <i>Dupuy-de-Lôme</i> and <i>Saint Joseph-La salle</i> <a href="/wiki/Lyc%C3%A9e" class="mw-redirect" title="Lycée">lycées</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_Brittany" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Southern Brittany">Université de Bretagne Sud</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/University_Institutes_of_Technology#Bretagne" class="mw-redirect" title="University Institutes of Technology">Institut universitaire de technologie de Lorient</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/%C3%89cole_nationale_sup%C3%A9rieure_d%27ing%C3%A9nieurs_de_Bretagne_Sud" title="École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de Bretagne Sud">École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de Bretagne Sud</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>École supérieure d'art</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>École nationale de musique et de danse</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military">Military</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Commando_jauber1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Commando_jauber1.jpg/220px-Commando_jauber1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Commando_jauber1.jpg/330px-Commando_jauber1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Commando_jauber1.jpg/440px-Commando_jauber1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="481" /></a><figcaption>The <i><a href="/wiki/Commando_Jaubert" class="mw-redirect" title="Commando Jaubert">Commando Jaubert</a></i> storming a ship in a mock assault</figcaption></figure> <p>Active units based near Lorient: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naval_commandos_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval commandos (France)">Naval Commandos</a> (<i>Commando Marine</i>): the <a href="/wiki/Special_forces" title="Special forces">special forces</a> of the <a href="/wiki/French_Navy" title="French Navy">French Navy</a>. Accordingly, it is one of the most selective units among the <a href="/wiki/French_armed_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="French armed forces">French armed forces</a>, equivalent in their mission and affiliation to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEALs" title="United States Navy SEALs">Navy SEALs</a> or British <a href="/wiki/Special_Boat_Service" title="Special Boat Service">Special Boat Service</a>. Five out of the six existing naval commandos<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are based in <a href="/wiki/Lanester" title="Lanester">Lanester</a>, just across the <a href="/wiki/Scorff" title="Scorff">Scorff</a> river from Lorient. The Naval Fusilier & Commando Training School is also based here.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorient_South_Brittany_Airport" title="Lorient South Brittany Airport">Lann-Bihoué</a> <a href="/wiki/French_Naval_Aviation" title="French Naval Aviation">Naval Aviation Base</a>: Five squadrons ("<i><a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">flottilles</a></i>") are based in <a href="/wiki/Ploemeur" title="Ploemeur">Ploemeur</a>. Their tasks include <a href="/wiki/Airborne_early_warning" class="mw-redirect" title="Airborne early warning">airborne early warning</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maritime_patrol" title="Maritime patrol">maritime patrol</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air-sea_rescue" title="Air-sea rescue">air-sea rescue</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lorient_Submarine_Base">Lorient Submarine Base</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Lorient Submarine Base"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lorient_Submarine_Base" title="Lorient Submarine Base">Lorient Submarine Base</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anoriant_submarine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Anoriant_submarine.jpg/220px-Anoriant_submarine.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Anoriant_submarine.jpg/330px-Anoriant_submarine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Anoriant_submarine.jpg/440px-Anoriant_submarine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="447" data-file-height="155" /></a><figcaption>The former submarine pens at Keroman</figcaption></figure> <p>Lorient was the location of an extensive <a href="/wiki/Submarine_base" title="Submarine base">submarine base</a>, built by <a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarine" title="Kriegsmarine">the Germans</a> in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and used subsequently by the <a href="/wiki/French_Navy" title="French Navy">French Navy</a>. <a href="/wiki/BdU" class="mw-redirect" title="BdU">Head of the U-Boat Arm</a> <a href="/wiki/Karl_D%C3%B6nitz" title="Karl Dönitz">Karl Dönitz</a> decided to construct the base on 28 June 1940. Between November 1940 and January 1942 a number of gigantic reinforced concrete structures were built. including three on the Keroman peninsula. They are called K1, K2 and K3. In 1944 work began on a fourth structure. The base was capable of sheltering thirty submarines. Lorient was damaged by Allied bombing raids but the naval base survived the war. Following the German surrender the base was used by the French Navy, named for <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Stosskopf" title="Jacques Stosskopf">Jacques Stosskopf</a>, a hero of the <a href="/wiki/French_Resistance" title="French Resistance">French Resistance</a> who had worked there. The base was decommissioned in 1995 and turned over to civilian use. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anoriant3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Anoriant3.jpg/220px-Anoriant3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Anoriant3.jpg/330px-Anoriant3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Anoriant3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="341" data-file-height="256" /></a><figcaption>Pipers during the <i>grande parade</i></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Events">Events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each year in August since 1970, Lorient hosts the <a href="/wiki/Festival_Interceltique_de_Lorient" title="Festival Interceltique de Lorient">Festival interceltique</a>, bringing together artists from all the <a href="/wiki/Celts_(modern)" title="Celts (modern)">Celtic world</a> (<a href="/wiki/Brittany" title="Brittany">Brittany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Galicia_(Spain)" title="Galicia (Spain)">Galicia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asturias" title="Asturias">Asturias</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Acadia" title="Acadia">Acadia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a>). Each year, a Celtic nation is chosen as honored guest. It is one of the biggest festivals in Europe by attendance (800,000 people for the 40th edition<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lorient is home to <a href="/w/index.php?title=T%C3%A9b%C3%A9Sud&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TébéSud (page does not exist)">TébéSud</a> (formerly TyTélé), a local TV channel covering Morbihan through <a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television" title="Digital terrestrial television">DTT</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Catholic churches are among the main religious landmarks of Lorient. While the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Our_Lady_of_the_Assumption,_Lorient" title="Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Lorient">Church of Our Lady of the Assumption</a> was built in 1850 in a revivalist neo-Gothic style, the church of Saint Joan of Arc was built in a neo-Roman style in the 1930s by French architect <a href="/wiki/Jean_Desbois" title="Jean Desbois">Jean Desbois</a> and a few years later in 1955, and the modernist church of <a href="/wiki/Notre-Dame-de-Victoire,_Lorient" title="Notre-Dame-de-Victoire, Lorient">Notre-Dame-de-Victoire</a> is the highest point of Lorient with its 4-meter-high concrete bell tower though the population never really accepted this new style.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Major Catholic festivals such as Christmas, Carnaval, Easter and the <a href="/wiki/Pardon_(ceremony)" title="Pardon (ceremony)"><i>Pardon</i></a> are celebrated as major feasts of the city. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The most popular club in Lorient is <a href="/wiki/FC_Lorient" title="FC Lorient">FC Lorient</a>, which currently play in <a href="/wiki/Ligue_1" title="Ligue 1">Ligue 1</a>, after winning <a href="/wiki/Ligue_2" title="Ligue 2">Ligue 2</a> in 2020. They are nicknamed <i><a href="/wiki/Merlucciidae" title="Merlucciidae">les Merlus</a></i>. They play their home fixtures at <a href="/wiki/Stade_du_Moustoir" title="Stade du Moustoir">Stade du Moustoir</a>. <a href="/wiki/Christian_Gourcuff" title="Christian Gourcuff">Christian Gourcuff</a> has managed the team for over 20 years (aggregate years). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sailing">Sailing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Sailing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The converted <a href="/wiki/Lorient_Submarine_Base" title="Lorient Submarine Base">submarine base</a> has been home port to several skippers and their sailing teams: </p> <ul><li>Jérémie Beyou<sup id="cite_ref-Voile_news_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Voile_news-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Delta Dore),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pascal_Bid%C3%A9gorry" title="Pascal Bidégorry">Pascal Bidégorry</a><sup id="cite_ref-Voile_news_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Voile_news-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Banque Populaire),</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franck_Cammas" title="Franck Cammas">Franck Cammas</a><sup id="cite_ref-Voile_news_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Voile_news-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Groupama), winner of the <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Volvo_Ocean_Race" class="mw-redirect" title="2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race">2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samantha_Davies_(sailor)" title="Samantha Davies (sailor)">Samantha Davies</a><sup id="cite_ref-Voile_news_40-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Voile_news-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Roxy),</li> <li>Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty<sup id="cite_ref-Voile_news_40-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Voile_news-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Maisonneuve),</li> <li>Jean-Pierre Dick<sup id="cite_ref-Voile_news_40-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Voile_news-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Paprec-Virbac),</li> <li>Yann Elies<sup id="cite_ref-Voile_news_40-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Voile_news-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Generali),</li> <li>Alain Gautier<sup id="cite_ref-Voile_news_40-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Voile_news-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Foncia),</li> <li>Sébastien Josse<sup id="cite_ref-Voile_news_40-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Voile_news-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (British Telecom),</li> <li>Marc Thiercelin<sup id="cite_ref-Voile_news_40-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Voile_news-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (DCNS)</li></ul> <p>Lorient was also a staging port during the <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Volvo_Ocean_Race" class="mw-redirect" title="2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race">2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race</a>, as well as the starting point of <i>la <a href="/wiki/Solitaire_du_Figaro" title="Solitaire du Figaro">Solitaire du Figaro</a></i> (2009 edition). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Eric_Tabarly" class="mw-redirect" title="Eric Tabarly">Eric Tabarly</a> built three out of his six <i>Pen Duick</i> boats in Lorient.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_Lorientais">Notable <i>Lorientais</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Notable Lorientais"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Lorient" title="List of people from Lorient">List of people from Lorient</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arts_and_literature">Arts and literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Arts and literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marie-L%C3%A9ontine_Bordes-P%C3%A8ne" title="Marie-Léontine Bordes-Pène">Marie-Léontine Bordes-Pène</a> (1858–1924), pianist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Delioux" title="Charles Delioux">Charles Delioux</a> (1825–1915), composer and pianist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Dorval" title="Marie Dorval">Marie Dorval</a> (1798–1849), actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ir%C3%A8ne_Frain" title="Irène Frain">Irène Frain</a> (b. 1950), writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Hello" title="Ernest Hello">Ernest Hello</a> (1828-1885), writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Lazlo" title="Viktor Lazlo">Viktor Lazlo</a> (b. 1960), singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rita_Strohl" title="Rita Strohl">Rita Strohl</a> (1865–1941), pianist and composer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Vach%C3%A9" title="Jacques Vaché">Jacques Vaché</a> (1895–1919), writer and artist</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sailors">Sailors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Sailors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste-Fran%C3%A7ois_Bompart" title="Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart">Jean-Baptiste Bompard</a> (1757–1842), took part in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Privateer" title="Privateer">privateer</a>, later rose to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">admiral</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Joseph_Bouvet" title="François Joseph Bouvet">François Joseph Bouvet</a> (1753–1832), <a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral" title="Vice admiral">vice admiral</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Prefect" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Prefect">maritime prefect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Chaigneau" title="Jean-Baptiste Chaigneau">Jean-Baptiste Chaigneau</a> (1769–1832), sailor, French <a href="/wiki/Consulate" title="Consulate">consul</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cochinchina" title="Cochinchina">Cochinchina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre-Fran%C3%A7ois_Forissier" title="Pierre-François Forissier">Pierre-François Forissier</a>, b. 1951, admiral, <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_French_Navy" title="Chief of Staff of the French Navy">Chief of Staff of the French Navy</a> (2008–2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Rallier_du_Baty" title="Raymond Rallier du Baty">Raymond Rallier du Baty</a> (1881–1978), <a href="/wiki/Explorer" class="mw-redirect" title="Explorer">explorer</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kerguelen_islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerguelen islands">Kerguelen islands</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henri_Dupuy_de_L%C3%B4me" title="Henri Dupuy de Lôme">Henri Dupuy de Lôme</a> (1816–1885), <a href="/wiki/Naval_architect" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval architect">naval architect</a>, chief designer of the <i><a href="/wiki/French_ship_Napol%C3%A9on_(1850)" title="French ship Napoléon (1850)">Napoléon</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/French_ironclad_Gloire" title="French ironclad Gloire">La Gloire</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/French_submarine_Gymnote_(Q1)" title="French submarine Gymnote (Q1)">Gymnote</a></i>, which were breakthroughs in naval technology, also designed <a href="/wiki/Airship" title="Airship">airships</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(France)" title="National Assembly (France)">deputy</a> representing <a href="/wiki/Morbihan" title="Morbihan">Morbihan</a>, member of the <a href="/wiki/French_Academy_of_Sciences" title="French Academy of Sciences">Academy of Sciences</a>, <a href="/wiki/Senator_for_life" title="Senator for life">senator for life</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre-Paul_Guieysse" title="Pierre-Paul Guieysse">Pierre-Paul Guieysse</a> (1841–1914), Morbihan deputy, Minister of the Colonies.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Yves_Le_Drian" title="Jean-Yves Le Drian">Jean-Yves Le Drian</a>, b. 1947, former mayor of Lorient, former Morbihan deputy, former <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Defence">Minister of Defence</a>, former Secretary of State.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jules_Simon" title="Jules Simon">Jules Simon</a> (1814–1896), <a href="/wiki/Philosopher" class="mw-redirect" title="Philosopher">philosopher</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Prime Ministers of France">President of the Council of Ministers</a>, senator for life, member of <i>l'<a href="/wiki/Acad%C3%A9mie_fran%C3%A7aise" class="mw-redirect" title="Académie française">Académie française</a></i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports_2">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Georges_Eo" title="Georges Eo">Georges Eo</a>, b. 1948, former <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> player and manager</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Gourcuff" title="Christian Gourcuff">Christian Gourcuff</a>, b. 1955, former manager of <a href="/wiki/FC_Lorient" title="FC Lorient">FC Lorient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoann_Gourcuff" title="Yoann Gourcuff">Yoann Gourcuff</a>, b. 1986, son of the former, <a href="/wiki/French_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="French national football team">international</a> midfielder, currently plays for <a href="/wiki/Stade_Rennais_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Stade Rennais F.C.">Stade Rennais F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronan_Le_Crom" title="Ronan Le Crom">Ronan Le Crom</a>, b. 1974, goalkeeper</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my_Morel" title="Jérémy Morel">Jérémy Morel</a>, b. 1984, left-back for <a href="/wiki/Olympique_de_Marseille" title="Olympique de Marseille">Olympique de Marseille</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illan_Meslier" title="Illan Meslier">Illan Meslier</a>, b. 2000, goalkeeper for <a href="/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C." title="Leeds United F.C.">Leeds United</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sciences">Sciences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Sciences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Fatou" title="Pierre Fatou">Pierre Fatou</a> (1878–1929), mathematician and astronomer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Marthe_Le_Douarin" title="Nicole Marthe Le Douarin">Nicole Le Douarin</a>, b. 1930, biologist</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Others">Others</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Andrieux" title="Jacques Andrieux">Jacques Andrieux</a> (1917–2005), WWII fighter ace and <a href="/wiki/Compagnon_de_la_Lib%C3%A9ration" class="mw-redirect" title="Compagnon de la Libération">Compagnon de la Libération</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89lisabeth_Le_Port" title="Élisabeth Le Port">Élisabeth Le Port</a> (1919-1943) WWII French Resistance member.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Stosskopf" title="Jacques Stosskopf">Jacques Stosskopf</a> (1898–1944), naval engineer, <i><a href="/wiki/French_Resistance" title="French Resistance">résistant</a></i>. Mistaken for being a traitor, in 1946 the submarine base was renamed "Base Ingénieur Général Stosskopf" in his honour.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_relations">International relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: International relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_France" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in France">List of twin towns and sister cities in France</a></div> <p>Lorient is <a href="/wiki/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin towns and sister cities">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland"><img alt="Republic of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Galway" title="Galway">Galway</a>, Ireland</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vigo" title="Vigo">Vigo</a>, Spain</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ventspils" title="Ventspils">Ventspils</a>, Latvia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ludwigshafen" title="Ludwigshafen">Ludwigshafen</a>, Germany</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Czech Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/%C4%8Cesk%C3%A9_Bud%C4%9Bjovice" title="České Budějovice">České Budějovice</a>, Czech Republic</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Denizli" title="Denizli">Denizli</a>, Turkey</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorient&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Company" title="Mississippi Company">Mississippi Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FC_Lorient" title="FC Lorient">FC Lorient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Festival_Interceltique_de_Lorient" title="Festival Interceltique de Lorient">Festival Interceltique de Lorient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arrondissement_of_Lorient" title="Arrondissement of Lorient">Arrondissement of Lorient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communes_of_the_Morbihan_department" title="Communes of the Morbihan department">Communes of the Morbihan department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Lorient" title="Raid on Lorient">Raid on Lorient</a> (1746)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Lorient" title="History of Lorient">History of Lorient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Hotel" class="mw-redirect" title="Gabriel Hotel">Gabriel Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fishing_port_of_Lorient-Keroman" title="Fishing port of Lorient-Keroman">Fishing port of Lorient-Keroman</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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