Landivisiau

Landivisiau Landivizio
Commune
The church in Landivisiau
Coat of arms
Location of Landivisiau
Landivisiau Landivisiau
Coordinates: 48°30′36″N 4°04′01″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Morlaix
Canton	Landivisiau
Intercommunality	Pays de Landivisiau
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Laurence Claisse
Area 1	18.98 km2 (7.33 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	9,192
• Density	480/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29105 /29400
Elevation	32–126 m (105–413 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Landivisiau (Breton: Landivizio) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. The journalist Luc Le Vaillant, winner of the 1998 Albert Londres Prize was born in Landivisiau. Landivisiau is twinned with Bideford in N.Devon

Climate

Climate data for Landivisiau / 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1966–present
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	16.8 (62.2)	21.3 (70.3)	23.8 (74.8)	27.0 (80.6)	29.6 (85.3)	33.0 (91.4)	34.5 (94.1)	35.3 (95.5)	29.7 (85.5)	28.3 (82.9)	21.5 (70.7)	19.0 (66.2)	35.3 (95.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.1 (48.4)	9.3 (48.7)	11.3 (52.3)	13.0 (55.4)	16.0 (60.8)	18.5 (65.3)	20.5 (68.9)	20.6 (69.1)	18.9 (66.0)	15.6 (60.1)	12.0 (53.6)	9.7 (49.5)	14.6 (58.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.6 (43.9)	6.5 (43.7)	8.2 (46.8)	9.4 (48.9)	12.3 (54.1)	14.7 (58.5)	16.7 (62.1)	16.8 (62.2)	15.1 (59.2)	12.4 (54.3)	9.2 (48.6)	7.1 (44.8)	11.3 (52.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	4.1 (39.4)	3.7 (38.7)	5.1 (41.2)	5.7 (42.3)	8.6 (47.5)	10.9 (51.6)	12.9 (55.2)	12.9 (55.2)	11.3 (52.3)	9.3 (48.7)	6.5 (43.7)	4.5 (40.1)	8.0 (46.4)
Record low °C (°F)	−9.1 (15.6)	−6.9 (19.6)	−5.7 (21.7)	−1.8 (28.8)	−1.0 (30.2)	3.0 (37.4)	5.8 (42.4)	6.3 (43.3)	3.5 (38.3)	−2.5 (27.5)	−7.6 (18.3)	−8.3 (17.1)	−9.1 (15.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	144.6 (5.69)	108.8 (4.28)	92.7 (3.65)	87.0 (3.43)	78.9 (3.11)	58.1 (2.29)	64.4 (2.54)	60.3 (2.37)	78.8 (3.10)	118.5 (4.67)	127.2 (5.01)	145.8 (5.74)	1,165.1 (45.87)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm)	17.6	13.9	14.7	13.0	11.1	8.8	10.7	9.6	10.7	15.4	16.8	17.3	159.6
Mean monthly sunshine hours	60.4	73.8	110.4	142.9	170.5	183.1	168.5	165.1	154.3	105.0	68.2	61.7	1,463.8
Source: Meteociel

Air base

Landivisiau is home to the Landivisiau Naval Air Base (in French). A squadron of 25× Air-Sol Moyenne Portée nuclear armed Rafale M from the French Navy is based at Landivisiau.

International relations

It is twinned with Bideford in the southwest of the United Kingdom and Bad Sooden-Allendorf in Hesse, Germany.

Population

Inhabitants of Landivisiau are called in French Landivisiens.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 2,360 —     1800 2,124 −10.0% 1806 2,690 +26.6% 1821 2,547 −5.3% 1831 2,853 +12.0% 1836 3,031 +6.2% 1841 3,217 +6.1% 1846 3,482 +8.2% 1851 3,420 −1.8% 1856 3,304 −3.4% 1861 3,317 +0.4% 1866 3,211 −3.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1872 3,203 −0.2% 1876 3,359 +4.9% 1881 3,706 +10.3% 1886 4,002 +8.0% 1891 4,079 +1.9% 1896 4,240 +3.9% 1901 4,354 +2.7% 1906 4,385 +0.7% 1911 4,713 +7.5% 1921 4,647 −1.4% 1926 4,544 −2.2% 1931 4,543 −0.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1936 4,518 −0.6% 1946 5,445 +20.5% 1954 4,926 −9.5% 1962 5,583 +13.3% 1968 6,174 +10.6% 1975 7,605 +23.2% 1982 7,964 +4.7% 1990 8,254 +3.6% 1999 8,759 +6.1% 2008 8,964 +2.3%

Breton language

In 2008, 7.11% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department
• List of the works of Bastien and Henry Prigent
• Maurice Le Scouëzec

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Finistère Association (in French)