Mn K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy was used to determine the electronic and geometrical local structure at the Mn site in LaMnO3+delta (delta = 0, 0.07, and 0.15) series. The XANES spectra of LaMnO3+delta samples show a mixed valence oxidation state for the Mn atom similar to that found in La1-xCaxMnO3 series. EXAFS spectra show a distorted Jahn-Teller octahedra for LaMnO3 which is drastically reduced as delta increases. Otherwise, an anomalous structural disorder, reported for the paramagnetic phase in magnetoresistive compounds, is also present at low temperatures in this series. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.