Izé

Izé
Commune
The town hall in Izé
Izé Location within Pays de la Loire region Izé
Coordinates: 48°13′48″N 0°18′21″W / 48.23°N 0.3058°W / 48.23; -0.3058Coordinates: 48°13′48″N 0°18′21″W / 48.23°N 0.3058°W / 48.23; -0.3058
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Mayenne
Arrondissement	Mayenne
Canton	Évron
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Corbin
Area1	28.15 km2 (10.87 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	485
• Density	17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	53120 /53160
Elevation	217–354 m (712–1,161 ft) (avg. 304 m or 997 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.

Izé is a commune in the township of Bais, part of the Mayenne department in the region of Pays de la Loire, in north-western France.^[1]

The Izé hall and mairie^[2] border a large fishing pond stocked with salmon and trout.^[3] The village has its own bakery ^[4] and bar-cafe^[5], which also sells basic food supplies.

The Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul was heavily rebuilt following the tornado of 1978. Renovation works include new stained glass windows incorporating the faces of contemporary political figures, notably François Mitterrand ^[6]

In 2015 the French national statistics bureau, Insee, reported that the population of Izé was 473, down from over 2,000 in the early 19th century ^[7]

The novelist and critic Frédéric Lefèvre (1889-1949) was born in Ize on the 7 May 1889^[8]. A plaque marks his house today.

See also

• Communes of the Mayenne department

References

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