--- entity_id: city:fr:insee5:56121 entity_type: city name: Lorient country_code: FR country: France slug: lorient canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/lorient/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/lorient.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/lorient.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/fr/lorient snapshot_id: approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2 generated_at: 2026-08-04 last_verified: 2026-07-31 fact_count: 15 metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ --- # Lorient Lorient is a city in France, with a population of 58,329 at the start of 2024. For Lorient, the unemployment rate was 14.6% at the end of 2022. ## Population The city covered 17.5 km² in 2022. Population density was 3,329.6 people per km² in 2022. ## Climate Average high temperatures were 9.7°C in January and 22.5°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 109 mm in January and 55.2 mm in July. Annual PM2.5 was 7.93 µg/m³ in 2024. ## Immigration The foreign population count was 4,728 in 2021. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Foreign residents | `foreign_population_total` | 4,728 people | city | 2021 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [1] | | Population | `population_total` | 58,329 people | municipality | 2025-01-01 | 2026-07-14 | aging | verified | [2] | | NO₂ — latest reading | `air_quality_no2_current_ug_m3` | 14.8 µg/m³ | city | 2026-07-15 | 2026-07-15 | fresh | verified | [3] | | Gigabit broadband availability | `broadband_gigabit_availability_percent` | 96.08 % | city | 2026-03-31 | 2026-07-15 | fresh | verified | [4] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 14.6409 % | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-26 | stale | verified | [5] | | NO₂ — annual mean | `air_quality_no2_annual_ug_m3` | 9.1342 µg/m³ | city | 2024 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [6] | | PM10 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm10_annual_ug_m3` | 13.2125 µg/m³ | city | 2024 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [6] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 7.9338 µg/m³ | city | 2024 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [6] | | Average daytime high by month | `climate_monthly_high_c` | Jan 9.7 · Feb 10.4 · Mar 12.6 · Apr 15 · May 18.1 · Jun 20.8 · Jul 22.5 · Aug 22.6 · Sep 20.7 · Oct 16.8 · Nov 13 · Dec 10.4 °C | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average night-time low by month | `climate_monthly_low_c` | Jan 4 · Feb 3.8 · Mar 5 · Apr 6.4 · May 9.3 · Jun 11.9 · Jul 13.6 · Aug 13.5 · Sep 11.5 · Oct 9.7 · Nov 6.6 · Dec 4.6 °C | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan 6.9 · Feb 7.1 · Mar 8.8 · Apr 10.7 · May 13.7 · Jun 16.4 · Jul 18 · Aug 18.1 · Sep 16.1 · Oct 13.3 · Nov 9.8 · Dec 7.5 °C | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-07-31 | stale | verified | [8] | | Average precipitation by month | `climate_monthly_precip_mm` | Jan 109 · Feb 82.5 · Mar 66.2 · Apr 67.5 · May 66 · Jun 52 · Jul 55.2 · Aug 53.3 · Sep 65.7 · Oct 103.8 · Nov 107.6 · Dec 114.5 mm | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average sunshine by month | `climate_monthly_sunshine_h` | Jan 70.633 · Feb 98.617 · Mar 143.683 · Apr 190.8 · May 214.083 · Jun 224.3 · Jul 231.7 · Aug 219.383 · Sep 192.767 · Oct 119.917 · Nov 87.117 · Dec 72 hours | city | 2020-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | stale | verified | [7] | | City area | `city_area_km2` | 17.48 km2 | place | 2022-01-01 | 2026-07-14 | stale | verified | [9] | | Population density | `population_density_per_km2` | 3,329.6339 people/km² | place | 2022-01-01 | 2026-07-14 | stale | verified | [9] | Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed. ## Sources 1. Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1 — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8202752/TD_NAT1_2021_csv.zip 2. France official denominator source — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8680726/ensemble.zip 3. Latest valid NO2 hourly station observation on the official LCSQA E2 current-day extract, mapped to the exact INSEE centre through an exact normalized station-name crosswalk to EEA station metadata. — Official source — https://files.data.gouv.fr/ineris/lcsqa/concentrations-de-polluants-atmospheriques-reglementes/temps-reel/2026/FR_E2_2026-07-15.csv 4. Independent ARCEP municipal count of premises eligible for the >=1 Gbit/s fixed advertised-speed class, divided by the ARCEP type=all municipal premises denominator. This is availability/eligibility, not adoption, measured speed, FTTH-only coverage or mobile coverage. — Official source — https://data.arcep.fr/fixe/maconnexioninternet/statistiques/2026_T1/commune/commune_debit.csv 5. INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8581605/TD_ACT1_2022_csv.zip 6. 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation. — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AirQualityDownloadServiceEUMonitoringStations/MapServer 7. Météo-France climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, LORIENT-LANN BIHOUE, 1991-2020 — Official source — https://meteofrance.com/climat/normales/france/bretagne/LORIENT-LANN%20BIHOUE 8. WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LORIENT-LANN_BIHOUE — Official source — https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/France/CSV/LORIENT_LANN_BIHOUE_07205.csv 9. A-ccepted source for city area and derived population density — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2521169/base_cc_comparateur_csv.zip ## Cite ImmigrationDB. "Lorient, France." Snapshot approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2, last verified 2026-07-31. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/lorient/ Reuse requires the direct source URL, the observation date and a link back to the ImmigrationDB page: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/lorient/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/lorient.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/lorient.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/fr/lorient - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - All published city facts, one row each: https://immigrationdb.com/data/facts.ndjson.gz - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json