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Bellou | |
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Part of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge | |
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| 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 (2022)[1] | 145 |
| • Density | 19.6/km2 (50.8/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] Audio file "Fr-Bellou.ogg" not found) 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
[edit | edit source]The commune of Bellou is situated 18 kilometres from Lisieux, in the Pays d'Auge.
Population
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]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]
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People linked to the commune
[edit | edit source]- Rose Harel, poet and goguettère, was born here on 8 April 1826. She died in Lisieux on 4 July 1885.[4]
See also
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- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 24 December 2015 (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Manoir de Bellou, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Marie de Besneray, Rose Harel, servante-poète, Caen, 1902. (in French)
External links
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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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