Bellou
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Part of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge in Normandy, France
Bellou | |
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Part of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge | |
Location of Bellou | |
48°58′59″N 0°13′44″E / 48.9831°N 0.2289°E / 48.9831; 0.2289 | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Calvados |
Arrondissement | Lisieux |
Canton | Livarot-Pays-d'Auge |
Commune | Livarot-Pays-d'Auge |
Area 1 | 7.39 km2 (2.85 sq mi) |
Population (2019)[1] | 134 |
• Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 14140 |
Elevation | 128–204 m (420–669 ft) (avg. 190 m or 620 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Bellou (French pronunciation: [bɛlu] ⓘ) is a former commune in the Calvados département in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge.[2]
Geography
The commune of Bellou is situated 18 kilometres from Lisieux, in the Pays d'Auge.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 228 | — |
1968 | 167 | −26.8% |
1975 | 129 | −22.8% |
1982 | 107 | −17.1% |
1990 | 121 | +13.1% |
1999 | 125 | +3.3% |
2004 | 140 | +12.0% |
2006 | 152 | +8.6% |
2009 | 153 | +0.7% |
2012 | 153 | +0.0% |
Monuments
The Manoir de Bellou, built in 1720, and its 16th-century dovecote, have been registered as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1923. Its cider press building with its machinery and cellar were added to the register in 2004.[3]
People linked to the commune
- Rose Harel, poet and goguettère, was born here on 8 April 1826. She died in Lisieux on 4 July 1885.[4]
See also
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bellou (Calvados).
- Statistical data, INSEE
- Base Mérimée: Manoir de Bellou, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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