[2] Its population is 320,544 (2021), and its area is 1,461.8 km2 (564.4 sq mi).

[3] The 58 communes of the arrondissement of Lorient, and their INSEE codes, are:[2] The arrondissement of Lorient was created in 1800.

[5] As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements.

The fifteen cantons of the arrondissement of Lorient were, as of January 2015:[6]

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