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Loix
Sign in to saveLoix () is a commune in the south-west of France, located on the north coast of the Île de Ré, in the department of Charente-Maritime (region Nouvelle-Aquitaine).
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Place details
- Locality
- Loix
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 659
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Loix
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Eglise Sainte Catherine Loix.jpg
- French commune.caption
- The church of Sainte Catherine
- French commune.arrondissement
- La Rochelle
- French commune.canton
- Île de Ré
- French commune.INSEE
- 17207
- French commune.postal code
- 17111
- French commune.mayor
- Lionel Quillet
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Île de Ré
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 100
- French commune.area km2
- 6.70
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Loix
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Arrondissement of La Rochelle
- Population
- 745
- Area
- 6.7
- Elevation
- 3
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- La Couarde-sur-Mer
- Official website
- www.loix.fr
- Image
- Egliseloixiledere.jpg
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- Commons category
- Loix
- postal code
- 17111
- associated electoral district
- Canton of Île de Ré
- male population
- 361
- female population
- 368
- P8168
- Nymphenburg
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-46-29-01-06
- fax number
- +33-5-46-29-07-31
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
- Toponymy
- History
- Population
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Loix () is a commune in the south-west of France, located on the north coast of the Île de Ré, in the department of Charente-Maritime (region Nouvelle-Aquitaine).
== Geography == Loix is the smallest village and has the smallest port of the island of Ré, and is located in the middle of the salt marshes. It is a peninsula in the island, bordered by the Pier of Ars to the west and the pit of Loix to the east. Only a road, bordered by marshes (and salt marshes) gained over the sea by containment, connects Loix to the rest of the island. Low shore, pebbles, bay and small beach in the shape of cove in the south east (pit of Loix). At sea, a lighthouse : the Ilates.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Loix” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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