Lonzac
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac | |
| Canton | Jonzac | |
| Community association | Haute-Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 36 ′ N , 0 ° 24 ′ W | |
| height | 19-80 m | |
| surface | 6.24 km 2 | |
| Residents | 271 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 43 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17520 | |
| INSEE code | 17209 | |
 Notre-Dame church |
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Lonzac is a French municipality with 271 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
geography
Lonzac is located in the Saintonge at an average altitude of 50 meters above sea level on the eastern edge of the Charente-Maritime department 12 kilometers southwest of Cognac , the seat of a sub-prefecture of the Charente department , and is from the neighboring municipalities of Coulonges , Saint-Martial-sur-Né and surround Celles . The municipality has an area of 6.24 square kilometers.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 264 | 245 | 242 | 256 | 244 | 248 | 239 | 271 |
Attractions
Galiot de Genouillac (1465-1546) had the Church of Notre-Dame (also called Sainte-Marie) built from 1520 to bury his first wife Catherine d'Archiac († 1514) there. She brought the barony of Archiac (now the capital of the canton of the same name ) into the marriage. The church, which is unusually large for a small village, is built in the Gothic style , but also shows influences from the Renaissance . The cross-shaped floor plan ends in a five-part choir closure . The church tower is built on the south transept . The spire was destroyed by a lightning strike and is therefore more recent. An ornate frieze runs around the whole building. The church was classified as a Monument historique ('historical monument') in 1907.
Inside the church are the tomb of Catherine d'Archiac, a liter funéraire with the coat of arms of Galiots de Genouillac and an altarpiece with a painting from 1787 depicting the Adoration of the Magi . The reredos, the altar and the tabernacle were classified as Monument historique in 1994. The painting was restored in 1992 and has been classified as a Monument historique since 1908.
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Lonzac
Personalities
- Galiot de Genouillac (1465–1546), Grand Master of the Artillery of France , had the Notre-Dame church built
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 76-78.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Firmin Galabert (1848-1935), Justin Gary: Galiot de Genouillac: seigneur d'Assier, grand maître de l'artillerie . A. Savaète, Paris 1901, p. 45-48 ( online [accessed September 23, 2011]).
- ↑ Le village de Lonzac. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved September 23, 2011 (French).
- ↑ Entry No. 17209 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
- ↑ Lonzac, Église Notre-Dame. In: Églises en Charente-Maritime. Michel Caron, accessed September 23, 2011 (French).
- ↑ Entry No. 17209 in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)