Commune in Brittany, France
| Landivisiau Landivizio | |
|---|---|
| Commune | |
 The church in Landivisiau | |
 Flag Coat of arms | |
| Location of Landivisiau | |
  LandivisiauShow map of France LandivisiauShow map of Brittany | |
| Coordinates: 48°30′36″N 4°04′01″W / 48.5100°N 4.0669°W / 48.5100; -4.0669 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Morlaix |
| Canton | Landivisiau |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Landivisiau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Laurence Claisse |
| Area | 18.98 km (7.33 sq mi) |
| Population | 9,197 |
| • Density | 480/km (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) |
| French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Landivisiau (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃divizjo]; 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 north Devon.
Geography
Climate
Landivisiau has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Landivisiau is 11.3 °C (52.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,165.1 mm (45.87 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 16.8 °C (62.2 °F), and lowest in February, at around 6.5 °C (43.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Landivisiau was 39.5 °C (103.1 °F) on 18 July 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −9.1 °C (15.6 °F) on 13 January 1987.
| Climate data for Landivisiau (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1966–present) | |||||||||||||
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| 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) |
39.3 (102.7) |
35.3 (95.5) |
31.3 (88.3) |
28.3 (82.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
19.0 (66.2) |
39.3 (102.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
9.8 (49.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
16.5 (61.7) |
18.9 (66.0) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.9 (69.6) |
19.2 (66.6) |
15.9 (60.6) |
12.3 (54.1) |
10.0 (50.0) |
14.9 (58.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) |
6.9 (44.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
9.9 (49.8) |
12.6 (54.7) |
15.1 (59.2) |
16.9 (62.4) |
17.0 (62.6) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
9.6 (49.3) |
7.5 (45.5) |
11.6 (52.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) |
4.1 (39.4) |
5.1 (41.2) |
6.1 (43.0) |
8.7 (47.7) |
11.2 (52.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
13.1 (55.6) |
11.5 (52.7) |
9.5 (49.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
4.9 (40.8) |
8.2 (46.8) |
| 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) | 140.2 (5.52) |
115.8 (4.56) |
77.9 (3.07) |
84.6 (3.33) |
72.2 (2.84) |
63.0 (2.48) |
64.1 (2.52) |
65.7 (2.59) |
72.5 (2.85) |
118.0 (4.65) |
135.2 (5.32) |
151.2 (5.95) |
1,160.4 (45.68) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 17.4 | 15.1 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 15.1 | 17.3 | 18.1 | 159.7 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 60.3 | 73.8 | 110.3 | 142.9 | 170.5 | 183.1 | 168.5 | 165.1 | 154.3 | 105.0 | 68.2 | 61.6 | 1,463.4 |
| Source: Météo France (sun 1991-2009) | |||||||||||||
Landivisiau Naval Air Base
Landivisiau is home to the Landivisiau Naval Air Base [fr]. 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.
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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
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- "Fiche climatologique - Landivisiau (29)" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- Mills, Claire. "The French Nuclear Deterrent".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Landivisiau, EHESS (in French).
- Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
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)
