arrondissement of Lorient

The arrondissement of Lorient is an arrondissement of France in the Morbihan department in the Brittany region. It has 58 communes. Its population is 312,063 (2016), and its area is . Composition The 58 communes of the arrondissement of Lorient, and their INSEE codes, are: Auray (56007) Bangor (56009) Belz (56013) Brandérion (56021) Brech (56023) Bubry (56026) Calan (56029) Camors (56031) Carnac (56034) Caudan (56036) Cléguer (56040) Crach (56046) Erdeven (56054) Étel (56055) Gâvres (56062) Gestel (56063) Groix (56069) Guidel (56078) Hennebont (56083) Hœdic (56085) Île-d'Houat (56086) Inguiniel (56089) Inzinzac-Lochrist (56090) Kervignac (56094) Landaul (56096) Landévant (56097) Lanester (56098) Languidic (56101) Lanvaudan (56104) Larmor-Plage (56107) Locmaria (56114) Locmariaquer (56116) Locmiquélic (56118) Locoal-Mendon (56119) Lorient (56121) Merlevenez (56130) Nostang (56148) Le Palais (56152) Ploemel (56161) Ploemeur (56162) Plouay (56166) Plouharnel (56168) Plouhinec (56169) Plumergat (56175) Pluneret (56176) Pluvigner (56177) Pont-Scorff (56179) Port-Louis (56181) Quéven (56185) Quiberon (56186) Quistinic (56188) Riantec (56193) Sainte-Anne-d'Auray (56263) Sainte-Hélène (56220) Saint-Philibert (56233) Saint-Pierre-Quiberon (56234) Sauzon (56241) La Trinité-sur-Mer (56258) History