Landivisiau
Landivisiau Landivizio | ||
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Commune | ||
The church in Landivisiau | ||
Flag Coat of arms | ||
Location of Landivisiau | ||
(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. |
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 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] |
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.[4]
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[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6] |
Breton language
In 2008, 7.11% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.[7]
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 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".
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(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)
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