  A survey of extended objects in the Large Magellanic Cloud was carried out on
the ESO/SERC R and J Sky Survey Atlases, checking entries in previous catalogs
and searching for new objects. The census provided 6659 objects including star
clusters, emission-free associations and objects related to emission nebulae.
Each of these classes contains 3 subclasses with intermediate properties, which
are used to infer total populations. The survey includes cross-identifications
among catalogs and we present 3246 new objects. We provide accurate positions,
classification, homogeneous measurements of sizes and position angles, as well
as information on cluster pairs and hierarchical relation for superimposed
objects. This unification and enlargement of catalogs is important for future
searches of fainter and smaller new objects. We discuss the angular and size
distributions of the objects of the different classes. The angular
distributions show two off-centered systems with different inclinations,
suggesting that the LMC disk is warped. The present catalog together with its
previous counterpart for the SMC and the inter-Cloud region provide a total
population of 7847 extended objects in the Magellanic System. The angular
distribution of the ensemble reveals important clues on the interaction between
the LMC and SMC.
