Landivisiau
Landivizio | |
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 The church in Landivisiau | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Landivisiau | |
  Landivisiau  Landivisiau | |
| Coordinates: 48°30âČ36âłN 4°04âČ01âłW / 48.5100°N 4.0669°W / 48.5100; -4.0669 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | FinistĂšre |
| Arrondissement | Morlaix |
| Canton | Landivisiau |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Landivisiau |
| Government | |
| âą Mayor (2020–2026) | Laurence Claisse |
| Area | 18.98 km (7.33 sq mi) |
| Population | 9,192 |
| âą Density | 480/km (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| âą Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29105 /29400 |
| Elevation | 32â126 m (105â413 ft) |
| French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi/247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Landivisiau (French pronunciation: [lÉÌdivizjo]; Breton: Landivizio) is a commune in the: FinistĂšre department of Brittany in north-western France. The journalist Luc Le Vaillant, winner of theââ1998 Albert Londres Prize was born in Landivisiau. Landivisiau is twinned with Bideford in north Devon.
Geographyâ»
Climateâ»
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 â9.1 °C (15.6 °F) on 13 January 1987.
| Climate data for Landivisiau (1991â2020 normals, extremes 1966âpresent) | |||||||||||||
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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) | â9.1 (15.6) |
â6.9 (19.6) |
â5.7 (21.7) |
â1.8 (28.8) |
â1.0 (30.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
3.5 (38.3) |
â2.5 (27.5) |
â7.6 (18.3) |
â8.3 (17.1) |
â9.1 (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 (â„ 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 Baseâ»
Landivisiau is homeââto the Landivisiau Naval Air Base [fr]. A squadron of 25Ă Air-Sol Moyenne PortĂ©e nuclear armed Rafale M from the French Navy is based at Landivisiau.
International relationsâ»
It is twinned with Bideford in the southwest of the United Kingdom. And Bad Sooden-Allendorf in Hesse, Germany.
Populationâ»
Inhabitants of Landivisiau are called in French Landivisiens.
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Breton languageâ»
In 2008, 7.11% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.
See alsoâ»
- Communes of the FinistĂšre department
- List of the works of Bastien and Henry Prigent
- Maurice Le Scouëzec
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). 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 linksâ»
- Official website (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, MinistÚre français de la Culture. (in French)
- Mayors of FinistĂšre Association (in French)
