Landivisiau
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 | |
| 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 | 9,204 |
| • 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
Climate
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 35.3 °C (95.5 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −9.1 °C (15.6 °F) on 13 January 1987.
| Climate data for Landivisiau (1981–2010 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) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.3 (95.5) |
31.3 (88.3) |
28.3 (82.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
19.0 (66.2) |
35.3 (95.5) |
| Average high °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) |
| Average low °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 1: Météo France[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Meteociel [4] | |||||||||||||
Landivisiau Naval Air Base
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.[5]
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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| Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Breton language
In 2008, 7.11% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.[8]
See also
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- "Climate of Landivisiau 1981-2010" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- "Normales et records pour Landivisiau (29)". Meteociel. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- 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)
