Canton of Lanester
| Canton of Lanester | |
|---|---|
| region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| Arrondissement | Lorient |
| main place | Lanester |
| Establishment date | 5th February 1982 |
| Residents | 29,566 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 485 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 61.00 km² |
| Communities | 2 |
| INSEE code | 5607 |
 Location of the canton of Lanester in the Morbihan department |
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The canton of Lanester (Breton canton Lannarstêr ) is a French administrative unit in the arrondissement of Lorient , in the department of Morbihan and in the region of Brittany . Its main town is Lanester .
location
The canton is located in the southwest of the Morbihan department near the city of Lorient .
history
The canton of Lanester was created on February 5, 1982 through a spin-off from the canton of Pont-Scorff . Until March 15, 2015, it consisted only of the Lanester community. Then, with the reorganization of the cantons, the municipality of Caudan from the previous canton of Pont-Scorff was added.
Communities
Canton of Lanester since 2015
The canton of Lanester consists of two municipalities:
| local community | Breton | Population (2017) |
Area (km²) |
Code postal | Code Insee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caudan | Kaodan | 6,838 | 42.63 | 56850 | 56036 |
| Lanester | Lannarstêr | 22,728 | 18.37 | 56600 | 56098 |
| Canton of Lanester | Lannarstêr | 29,566 | 61.00 | - | 5607 |
Population development of the old canton up to 2015
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16,571 | 19,245 | 21,074 | 21,643 | 22,102 | 21,897 | 22,627 | 22,142 |