Izé

Commune in Pays de la Loire, France

Location of Izé

(2020–2026) Anne-Flore Bourillon^[1]Area

28.15 km² (10.87 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

456 • Density16/km² (42/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

53120 /53160

Elevation217–354 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.

Izé (French pronunciation: [ize]) is a commune in the arrondissement of Mayenne, Mayenne department, Pays de la Loire, France.^[3]

The Izé hall and mairie^[4] border a large fishing pond stocked with salmon and trout.^[5] The village has its own bakery ^[6] and bar-cafe,^[7] which also sells basic food supplies.

The Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul [fr] 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.^[8]

In 2018 the French national statistics bureau, Insee, reported that the population of Izé was 457,^[9] down from 2,025 in 1836.^[10]

The novelist and critic Frédéric Lefèvre [fr] (1889–1949) was born in Ize on the 7 May 1889.^[11] A plaque marks his house today.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Commune d'Izé (53120), INSEE
^ "Mairie Izé (53160-Pays de la Loire), adresse, horaires et élus Izéens". www.la-mairie.com.
^ "Agenda Izé : Ouverture de la pêche au plan d'EAU communal (Atelier, activité de loisirs) - Ouest-France". Archived from the original on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
^ "Etablissement LA MIE DU VILLAGE à IZE (53160) sur SOCIETE.COM (82153425200019)". www.societe.com.
^ [1]^{[dead link]}
^ "Izé. - Visite de Laval". Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2018, INSEE
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Izé, EHESS (in French).
^ "Frédéric Lefèvre". Babelio.