Landivisiau

Landivisiau
Landivizio
Commune
The church in Landivisiau

Coat of arms
Landivisiau
Location within Brittany region
Landivisiau
Coordinates: 48°30′36″N 4°04′01″W / 48.5100°N 4.0669°W / 48.5100; -4.0669Coordinates: 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 (2014–2020) Laurence Claisse
Area1 18.98 km2 (7.33 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 8,964
 • Density 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Landivisiau (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.

Air base

Landivisiau is home to the Landivisiau Naval Air Base (in French). A squadron of Air-Sol Moyenne Portée armed Dassault Rafale from the French Navy is based at Landivisiau.[1]

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.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 2,360—    
1800 2,124−10.0%
1806 2,690+26.6%
1821 2,547−5.3%
1831 2,853+12.0%
1836 3,031+6.2%
1841 3,217+6.1%
1846 3,482+8.2%
1851 3,420−1.8%
1856 3,304−3.4%
1861 3,317+0.4%
1866 3,211−3.2%
1872 3,203−0.2%
1876 3,359+4.9%
1881 3,706+10.3%
1886 4,002+8.0%
1891 4,079+1.9%
1896 4,240+3.9%
1901 4,354+2.7%
1906 4,385+0.7%
1911 4,713+7.5%
1921 4,647−1.4%
1926 4,544−2.2%
1931 4,543−0.0%
1936 4,518−0.6%
1946 5,445+20.5%
1954 4,926−9.5%
1962 5,583+13.3%
1968 6,174+10.6%
1975 7,605+23.2%
1982 7,964+4.7%
1990 8,254+3.6%
1999 8,759+6.1%
2008 8,964+2.3%

Breton language

In 2008, 7.11% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mills, Claire. "The French Nuclear Deterrent".
  2. ↑ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue



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