Mazeray

Mazeray
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton	Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Community association	Vals de Saintonge
Coordinates	45 ° 54 ′  N , 0 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 54 ′  N , 0 ° 34 ′  W
height	15-101 m
surface	19.38 km 2
Residents	959 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	49 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	17400
INSEE code	17226
Mazeray Town Hall (Mairie)

Mazeray is a French municipality with 959 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Poitou-Charentes ); it belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély and is part of the canton of Saint-Jean-d'Angély . The inhabitants are called Macériens .

geography

Mazeray is located about 42 kilometers east-southeast of La Rochelle in the Saintonge . Mazeray is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Ternant in the north, Saint-Jean-d'Angély in the east and northeast, Asnières-la-Giraud in the east, Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche in the south, Fenioux in the southwest and Bignay in the west.

The A10 autoroute runs through the municipality .

In the municipality is the Circuit du Puy de Poursay , a motocross track on which the world championship title was determined in the past.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	589	558	580	707	762	779	881	959
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• Nativité-de-la-Vierge church from the 12th century, alterations from the 14th century
• Beaufief Castle from the 16th century, renovations up to the 18th century, since 1973 Monument historique

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Mazeray

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  Nativité-de-la-Vierge church

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  Beaufief Castle

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 876-877.

Web links

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