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A town in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, home to 165 people.
Lozay has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for just over a fifth of homes. It skews older: 30% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Lozay does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Lozay counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1953.
43% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lozay.
One measure of family life: 12% of residents are under 15. People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, between Charente-Maritime’s towns (36%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town.
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
| Lozay | Charente-Maritime median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 7.6% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 17% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 36% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 42% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Charente-Maritime median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Lozay is Église Saint-Pierre. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 1.7% of commuters at the census. Lozay holds 50 jobs; 50 of its residents are in work, so 0.5 jobs each. Half of residents lived on more than €23,700 a year per consumption unit, below Charente-Maritime’s towns (€26,025) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €7.72/m² a month. Sales in Lozay from July 2023 to June 2026: 11 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Lozay. Best known first.
Lozay has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Pierre: Photo: Eromo · Public domain
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lozay yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lozay | 165 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély | 6,784 | 6.8 | C− | B | D− | C− |
| Surgères | 6,897 | 11 | C− | C+ | D | C+ |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon Deux-Sèvres | 2,941 | 12 | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan Deux-Sèvres | 2,967 | 14 | A− | B+ | B+ | C+ |
| Tonnay-Charente | 8,289 | 18 | D | C+ | C+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lozay is a commune of 165 people in the Communauté de communes Vals de Saintonge Communauté. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.