Landivisiau

Landivisiau
Landivizio

The church in Landivisiau

Coat of arms
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 (20142020) Laurence Claisse
Area1 18.98 km2 (7.33 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 8,964
  Density 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

Air base

Landivisiau is home to the Landivisiau Naval Air Base (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


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