roadstead of Lorient
{{Short description|Roadstead or bay in France}}
{{Infobox bay
| name = Roadstead of Lorient
| other_name = {{Unbulleted list
|{{native name|fr|Rade de Lorient}}
|{{native name|br|Lenn-vor an Oriant}}}}
| caption = Aerial view of Lorient roadstead from the southwest.
| image = Larmor-Plage et la rade de Lorient..jpg
| coordinates = {{Coord|47|43|52|N|3|21|14|W}}
| type = Roadstead
| basin_countries = {{FR}}
| islands = Île Saint-Michel
| pushpin_map = France#France Brittany
}}
File:Rade de Lorient topographic map-fr.svg
The roadstead of Lorient ({{Langx|fr|Rade de Lorient}}, {{Langx|br|Lenn-von an Oriant}}) is a roadstead located to the west of Morbihan in Brittany, France.
Geography
The harbor of Lorient constitutes the mouths of the rivers Blavet, Scorff and the Ter in the Atlantic Ocean. It has several port facilities, including marinas but also the infrastructure of the Lorient Submarine Base. Oriented northeast-southwest, it has an island in its center, Île Saint-Michel, and communicates with the Atlantic Ocean to the south by two passes, the Passe du Sud and the Passe de l'Ouest, separated by reefs.{{Cite book |last=Joanne |first=Adolphe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L03HmE1_kg8C |title=Dictionnaire des communes de la France |publisher=Hachette |year=1864 |pages=1172 |language=fr}} Its northern part is more specifically called the harbor of Pen-Mané while that to the south is called the harbor of Port-Louis.{{Cite book |last=Cumberlidge |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZoqcEAAAQBAJ |title=Cruising West France: A Yachting Companion |date=2022-11-18 |publisher=Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd |isbn=978-1-78679-466-6 |pages=102 |language=en}}
It is bordered to the west by the communes of Larmor-Plage, Lorient and Lanester and to the east by those of Kervignac, Locmiquélic, Port-Louis and Gâvres.{{Cite web |title=Carte de la Rade de Lorient Bretagne Sud à télécharger |url=https://www.lorientbretagnesudtourisme.fr/fr/pratique/carte/rade/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Lorient Bretagne Sud |language=fr-FR}}
Port facilities
= Lorient =
- Lorient Submarine Base
- {{Interlanguage link|Keroman fishing harbour|lt=Keroman fishing harbour|fr|Port de pêche de Keroman}}: the second-largest fishing port in France in tonnage and first in added value. 27,000 tons per year, 3,000 direct jobs including 700 on board and 130 boats registered in the port of Lorient.{{Cite web |title=Port de pêche Lorient-Keroman |url=https://www.lorient-agglo.bzh/a-vivre/port-de-peche-lorient-keroman/ |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=www.lorient-agglo.bzh}}
- Port of Kergroise: second-largest port in Brittany, 2.6 million tonnes per year (as of 2021) including petroleum products, animal feed, sand, containers.{{Cite web |title=Lorient Agglomération: Un Territoire Portuaire |url=https://www.lorientportcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/plaquette-lorient-port-center-web.pdf |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=www.lorientportcenter.com |page=3}}
- Passenger port: more than 457,500 passages per year to the islands of Groix and Belle-Île-en-Mer.{{Cite news |title=Lorient : une cité maritime |language=fr-FR |work=Gralon |url=https://www.gralon.net/articles/voyages-et-tourisme/sejour/article-lorient---une-cite-maritime-7670.htm |access-date=2023-02-19}}
- Naval base: nearly 3,800 soldiers work between the arsenal, the {{Interlanguage link|Naval Aeronautics Base of Lann-Bihoué|lt=Naval Aeronautics Base of Lann-Bihoué|fr|Base d'aéronautique navale de Lann-Bihoué}} as well as the staff of the maritime force of marine riflemen and commandos.
- Marina: 370 pontoon berths in the port of Lorient.{{Cite web |title=Port Lorient (56 - Morbihan) - Informations maritimes sur le port de plaisance |url=https://www.bateaux.com/plaisance/port/lorient-REF5arRwqbAPY0, |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=bateaux.com |language=fr}}
= [[Larmor-Plage]] =
= [[Locmiquélic]] =
- Marinas Sainte-Catherine (457 berths) and Pen Mané (150 berths)
- Fishing port
= Port-Louis =
- Marina (450 berths)
- Fishing port
= Gâvres =
- Marina (57 berths)
Wrecks
More than 350 wrecks are listed in the harbor, including that of the Isère, the ship that transported the Statue of Liberty to New York.{{Cite web |date=2005-07-18 |title=Histoires d'épaves |url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/ar/viewarticle1024.php?aaaammjj=20050718&article=10359036&type=ar |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Le Télégramme |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2011-08-27 |title=Les 350 épaves du Pays de Lorient |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/societe/les-350-epaves-du-pays-de-lorient-27-08-2011-1580840.php |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=Le Parisien |language=fr}}