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.
Landivisiau
Landivizio | |
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 The church in Landivisiau | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Landivisiau  | |
  Landivisiau  Landivisiau | |
| Coordinates: 48°30′36″N 4°04′01″W / 48.5100°N 4.0669°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Finistère |
| Arrondissement | Morlaix |
| Canton | Landivisiau |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Landivisiau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Laurence Claisse[1] |
| Area 1 | 18.98 km2 (7.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 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. | |
Geography edit
Climate edit
Landivisiau has a 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) |
39.5 (103.1) |
35.3 (95.5) |
31.3 (88.3) |
28.3 (82.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
19.0 (66.2) |
39.5 (103.1) |
| 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)[3] | |||||||||||||
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Landivisiau is home to the Landivisiau Naval Air Base. A squadron of 25× Air-Sol Moyenne Portée nuclear armed Rafale M from the French Navy is based at Landivisiau.[4]
International relations edit
It is twinned with Bideford in the southwest of the United Kingdom and Bad Sooden-Allendorf in Hesse, Germany.
Population edit
Inhabitants of Landivisiau are called in French Landivisiens.
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| Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Breton language edit
In 2008, 7.11% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.[7]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "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 edit
- 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)