Run by a volunteer honorary consul, the Honorary Consulate of Belgium in Lorient helps Belgian nationals with information and selected formalities.
Contact Details
| Address | 58, avenue de la Perrière, 56100 Lorient, France |
| Telephone | +33 2 97 73 67 10 |
| merajac@gmail.fr |
Opening Hours
No regular opening hours are published. Contact the consulate by phone or e-mail to arrange a visit.
Location of the Consulate
The Belgian honorary consul in Lorient
Lorient belongs to the Morbihan département in Brittany. Marseille – about 839 km away – has the nearest Belgian consulate general. Distance to the Belgian Embassy in Paris: about 437 km.
Passports and visas: who is responsible?
Binding consular acts – passports, visas, certificates – are the responsibility of the Belgian Embassy in Paris.
Contact details of the Belgian Embassy in Paris, as listed on its page in this directory:
- Address: 9, rue de Tilsitt, Cedex 17, 75840 Paris, France
- Telephone: +33 1 44 09 39
- Email: paris@diplobel.fed.be
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00–13:00 and 14:00–17:30
- Website: france.diplomatie.belgium.be
What can an honorary consul do?
An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by Belgium and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Belgian citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.
Belgian missions in France
Measured in a straight line from Lorient, the nearest other Belgian office is the Honorary Consulate in Rezé (about 150 km). The nearest embassy or career consulate is the Embassy in Paris (about 440 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Lorient.
- Paris (440 km) – Embassy of Belgium
- Marseille (840 km) – Consulate General
- Baie-Mahault – Honorary Consulate
- Bayonville sur Mad (700 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Charleville-Mézières (630 km) – Honorary Consulate
- DAIX (630 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Le Lamentin – Honorary Consulate
- Lorient – Honorary Consulate (this page)
- Lyon (660 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Montpellier (730 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Nouméa – Honorary Consulate
- Perpignan (740 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Punaauia – Honorary Consulate
- Rezé (150 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Sainte Marie – Honorary Consulate
- Sarrola Carcopino (1,150 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Toulouse (590 km) – Honorary Consulate
- Tours (310 km) – Honorary Consulate
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Details checked on 8 October 2026. Sources: French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs – directory of foreign representations in France, French travel advice. Rules and opening hours can change. Confirm with the consulate before your visit.
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