Luzay
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres | |
| Arrondissement | Bressuire | |
| Canton | Le Val de Thouet | |
| Community association | Thouarsais | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 55 ′ N , 0 ° 12 ′ W | |
| height | 57-112 m | |
| surface | 20.98 km 2 | |
| Residents | 635 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 30 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 79100 | |
| INSEE code | 79161 | |
Luzay is a French municipality with 635 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Deux-Sèvres in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ). It belongs to the Arrondissement Bressuire and the canton Le Val de Thouet (until 2015: canton Saint-Varent ). The inhabitants are called Luzéens .
location
Luzay is located about 24 kilometers northeast of Bressuire and about 55 kilometers northwest of Poitiers in the wine-growing region of Vins du Thouarsais and on the Thouaret . Luzay is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Jean-de-Thouars and Missé in the north, Taizé-Maulais in the east, Saint-Varent in the south, Luché-Thouarsais in the west and southwest and Mauzé-Thouarsais in the west and northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 535 | 512 | 503 | 502 | 503 | 517 | 544 | 598 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
