Landivisiau
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The church in Landivisiau
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 Landivisiau
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Location within Brittany region
Landivisiau
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| Coordinates: 48°30′36″N 4°04′01″W / 48.5100°N 4.0669°WCoordinates: 48°30′36″N 4°04′01″W / 48.5100°N 4.0669°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Brittany | |
| Department | Finistère | |
| Arrondissement | Morlaix | |
| Canton | Landivisiau | |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Landivisiau | |
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| • 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 | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 29105 /29400 | |
| Elevation | 32–126 m (105–413 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
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.
Landivisiau is home to the (French). A squadron of Air-Sol Moyenne Portée armed Dassault Rafale from the French Navy is based at Landivisiau.
It is twinned with Bideford in the southwest of the United Kingdom and Bad Sooden-Allendorf in Hesse, Germany.
Inhabitants of Landivisiau are called in French Landivisiens.
In 2008, 7.11% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools.
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