Bellou

Bellou
Bellou

Coordinates: 48°58′59″N 0°13′44″E / 48.9831°N 0.2289°E / 48.9831; 0.2289Coordinates: 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
Intercommunality Pays de Livarot
Government
  Mayor (2014–2020) René Yonnet
Area1 7.39 km2 (2.85 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 153
  Density 21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 14058 / 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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bellou 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.[1]

Geography

The commune of Bellou is situated 18 kilometres from Lisieux, in the Pays d'Auge.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962228    
1968167−26.8%
1975129−22.8%
1982107−17.1%
1990121+13.1%
1999125+3.3%
2004140+12.0%
2006152+8.6%
2009153+0.7%
2012153+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.[2]

Manoir de Bellou

People linked to the commune

See also

References

  1. Arrêté préfectoral 24 December 2015 (French)
  2. Ministry of Culture: Manoir de Bellou (French)
  3. Marie de Besneray, Rose Harel, servante-poète, Caen, 1902. (French)

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