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General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.3723,Lat: 47.7523
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	15:42:36pm
Name province/region	Bretagne
Name Subregion	Morbihan
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lorient
Name	Lorient

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lanester	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Larmor-Plage	4.1 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Locmiquélic	4.1 km	SouthEast
4 Caudan	4.6 km	NorthEast
5 Ploemeur	4.7 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Helier	Jersey	186 km	NorthEast
2 St. Peter Port	Guernsey	199 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Cardiff	Wales	418 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Lorient lies at the Bay of Biscay (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Loire coastal: Brivet, Blavet, Scorff, Laita, Odet, part of the larger catchment area Loire, Brittany and Vendee coastal waters. The nearest bigger lake is Étangs du Ter (0.5 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.5 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Welsh border with a straight distance of 436 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 610 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 21%, low location: 79%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 385 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lorient South Brittany (Bretagne Sud) Airport (at a distance of 5.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.7 km2

4.7%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Wet nature

5.8 km2

7.4%

Agriculture

22.6 km2

28.8%

Urban area

34.2 km2

43.5%

Infrastructure

3.3 km2

4.2%

Water - Lakes

7.1 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lorient in country France

Lorient at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay	France	169 km	EastNorthEast
2 Cordouan Lighthouse	France	295 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	304 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rivire Scorff, Fort de Pont Calleck, Rivire Sarre	FR	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Lorient
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lorient

Type of weather in Lorient	few clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:28 Europe/Amsterdam