Saint-Just-Luzac

Saint-Just-Luzac
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rochefort
Canton	Marennes
Community association	Bassin de Marennes
Coordinates	45 ° 48 ′  N , 1 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 48 ′  N , 1 ° 2 ′  W
height	0-18 m
surface	47.74 km 2
Residents	1,993 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	42 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	17320
INSEE code	17351
Website	www.st-just-luzac.fr
Saint-Just-Luzac town hall

Saint-Just-Luzac is a French commune with 1,993 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Rochefort and the canton of Marennes . The inhabitants are called Saint-Justais et Luzacais .

geography

Saint-Just-Luzac is located on the salt marshes and the estuary of the Seudre in the Atlantic Ocean in the historic Saintonge landscape . Saint-Just-Luzac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Jean-d'Angle in the east and northeast, La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien in the east, Saint-Sornin in the southeast, Nieulle-sur-Seudre in the south, Arvert in the southwest, La Tremblade in the west and Marennes-Hiers-Brouage in the north, west and northwest.

The small Marennes airfield is located in the municipality.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
1,136	1,154	1,186	1.313	1,432	1,535	1,738	1,943

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Just-Luzac

• Saint-Just church, built in the 15th century, monument historique since 1910
• Protestant church in Luzac, built around 1600, destroyed in 1685, successor from 1755
• Feusse Castle

Mill Les Loges

• Railway Museum

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  Saint-Just Church

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  Mill Les Loges

Personalities

• Jean Ogier de Gombauld (1576–1666), writer

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 405-411.

Web links

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