Landivisiau


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 N.Devon

Air base

Landivisiau is home to the :fr:Base d'aéronautique navale de Landivisiau|Landivisiau Naval Air Base. 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.