Lozay

Lozay
Lozay
Location within Poitou-Charentes region  Lozay
Coordinates: 46°02′32″N 0°32′46″W / 46.0422°N 0.5461°WCoordinates: 46°02′32″N 0°32′46″W / 46.0422°N 0.5461°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton	Loulay
Intercommunality	Canton de Loulay
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Michel Charpentier
Area^1	11.85 km^2 (4.58 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	158
• Density	13/km^2 (35/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17213 / 17330
Elevation	31–106 m (102–348 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 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.

Lozay is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	237	—
1968	270	+13.9%
1975	223	−17.4%
1982	192	−13.9%
1990	170	−11.5%
1999	184	+8.2%
2008	158	−14.1%

Sights

• Saint Peter's is a 12th-century fortified church which was classed as a Monument Historique (Historic Monument) in 1953.^[1]

A high altar and tabernacle with a candle holder consisting of two figures in gilded wood adorns the interior. This has been protected since November 30, 1984.^[2]

• A washhouse and fountain are located below the village, in Puy Bardon.
• The Essouvert wood is located 1.5 km south-east of the village.
• A replica of the lantern of the dead of Fenioux was built on the rest area from the A10 Paris-Bordeaux highway in 1994.

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• Lozay on INSEE

1. L'architecture gothique en Saintonge et en Aunis, Yves Blomme, éditions Bordessoules, ISBN 2-903504-33-4
2. base mérimée