Izé

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

Izé
Commune
The town hall in Izé
Location of Izé
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Coordinates: 48°13′48″N 0°18′21″W
Country	France
Region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Mayenne
Arrondissement	Mayenne
Canton	Évron
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Anne-Flore Bourillon[1]
Area 1	28.15 km2 (10.87 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	458
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (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.

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.

See also

• Communes of the Mayenne department