Lorient

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Lorient is a port city in the Brittany region of northwestern France, known for its maritime heritage and annual Interceltic Festival.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lorient canonical 23
Lorient, France 3
Lorient submarine base 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
commune of France
climate oceanic climate
country France
countrySubdivision Morbihan
surface form: department Morbihan

region Brittany
demography inhabitants called Lorientais
festivalType Celtic music festival
foundedFor French East India Company activities
hasAirport Lorient South Brittany Airport
hasFeature naval base
port
hasFestival Festival Interceltique de Lorient
hasMilitaryInstallation Lorient self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lorient submarine base
hasPort Port of Lorient
hasSportsTeam FC Lorient
hasTransport ferry connections to Île de Groix
hasUniversitySite University of Southern Brittany campus
historicalEvent World War II submarine base construction
heavy bombing during World War II
INSEECODE 56121
knownFor Festival Interceltique de Lorient
commercial port
fishing industry
maritime heritage
submarine base
language French
locatedAtMouthOf Blavet River
locatedIn Brittany
northwestern France
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Morbihan
locatedNear Scorff River
Île de Groix
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean
Bay of Biscay
partOf Pays de Lorient
postalCode 56100
regionalLanguage Breton
Gallo
sportsTeamType football club
timeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
twinCity Cork
Galway
Lüneburg
Nanning
Vigo
Yasmaran (Kairouan or similar – check)?

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Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greenock hasTwinTown Lorient
Brittany hasMajorCity Lorient
City of Chester hasTwinTown Lorient
Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan twinCity Lorient
subject surface form: Kure
this entity surface form: Lorient, France
Esch-sur-Alzette hasTwinTown Lorient
Galashiels hasTwinTown Lorient
Morbihan subprefecture Lorient
Morbihan contains Lorient
Zielona Góra twinCity Lorient
Lorient hasMilitaryInstallation Lorient self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lorient submarine base
Quimper hasTwinTown Lorient
Omagh hasTwinTown Lorient
Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture hasSisterCity Lorient
this entity surface form: Lorient, France
Sasebo, Japan sisterCity Lorient
subject surface form: Sasebo
this entity surface form: Lorient, France
Hennebont locatedNear Lorient
TER Bretagne connectsCity Lorient
BAN Lann-Bihoué locatedNear Lorient
Concarneau locatedNear Lorient
Galway twinnedWith Lorient
Midleton hasTwinTown Lorient
Figueira da Foz twinnedWith Lorient