Landivisiau 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 an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Landivisiau is 11.3 C. The average annual rainfall is 1165.1 mm with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 16.8 C, and lowest in February, at around 6.5 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Landivisiau was 39.5 C on 18 July 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was -9.1 C on 13 January 1987.

Landivisiau Naval Air Base

Landivisiau is home to the. A squadron of 25× Air-Sol Moyenne Portée nuclear armed Rafale M from the French Navy is based at Landivisiau.

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.

Breton language

In 2008, 7.11% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools, where Breton language is taught alongside French.