Lanester Population and Area (Morbihan)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Lanester (Morbihan)
Lanester: Population and Area
With 23,752 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Lanester is the 387th most populous town in France in 2026 and the 3rd most populous in the Morbihan department, out of 249 communes. It covers 18 km² (9,151st largest area in France, 152nd largest in the department), with a population density of 1,293 inhabitants per km², or 12 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 742nd in France for density.
Lanester is located in the Morbihan department (56), in the Brittany region, where it ranks 8th by population out of 1,202 communes. The most populous town in the Morbihan department is Lorient (59,856 inhabitants); the department is home to 804,597 people over 6,817 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Morbihan department and the regional ranking: largest city in Brittany.
Towns of similar size in the Morbihan department: Lorient (pop. 59,856), Vannes (pop. 57,745), Ploemeur (pop. 19,496), Hennebont (pop. 16,385), Pontivy (pop. 15,490).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 56098. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.