Landivisiau

Landivisiau ( Breton Landivizio in ) is a common department of the Finistere, in the area Brittany, in France. It is the historical capital of the Breton horse (annual fair with the horses).

History

Summary

Key dates

  • 1292 : appearance of name LANDEVIZIAU.

  • 1309: Name change for LANDIVISIAU.
  • 1497: Construction of the vault Guénal Saint.
  • 1590: Beginning of the construction of the bell-tower of the Church.
  • between 1610 and 1620: Construction of the vault Saint Anne.
  • 1856: Holy transfer of the vault Anne in the cemetery.
  • 1875: Construction of the vault Our Ladies of Doors.
  • 1958: Destruction of the old markets.
  • 1960: Construction of the new markets.
  • 1963-1965: Construction of the Air and sea Base.
  • 1982: Inauguration of the new town hall.
  • 2007: Construction of the new barracks of the Firemen

Administration

|- | align=right| March 2001 |||| Georges Tigreat ||align=" center" | UMP ||

Monuments

  • the fountain Saint Thivisiau

  • Markets, demolished in 1958

Etymology

Landivisiau comes from Breton the lann which mean hermitage and from Saint Thivisiau which is the partronyme of Gwisiau.

Events

Births

  • Xavier Grall, journalist, poet and Breton writer
  • Armel Cleach, navigator
  • Guy Guen De Kerangall,

Death

Teaching

Nursery school

  • School of Kervignounen

  • School of Lannouchen
  • School of the Street of Arvor
  • Notre Dame School of the Victories

Primary education

  • School of Kervignounen

  • School of the Street of Arvor
  • Notre Dame School of the Victories

College

  • College of Kerzourat

  • Holy College Joseph

College

  • College of the Leon

  • Holy College Spirit

Specialized schools

  • Family home and Rurale

  • AFPI Brittany

Twin cities

  • Bideford (the United Kingdom)

  • Bad Sooden Allendorf (Germany)

See too

External bonds

  • Site of the commune

  • Bio Bakery in Landivisiau
  • Cultural center Lucien Prigent
  • Geography of Brittany, gate of the cities and countries Breton - Landivisiau/Landivizio
  • Presentation of the ROUND OF APPLAUSE Site of the National marine
  • air and sea Base of Landivisiau
  • Site of the football club Landivisien

More:

  • Juloded, rise and fall of a caste , Louis Elegoët, University Presses of Rennes, 1998.

  • the small train Rosporden-Plouescat , Annick Fleitour, Editions Undertow, Quimper, 2001. small railway line to metric gauge track which served landivisiau of 1912 to 1935

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