Bellou (French pronunciation: [bɛlu] (listen)) 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]

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Bellou
Part of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge
Location of Bellou
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Coordinates: 48°58′59″N 0°13′44″E
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.

Geography

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

Population

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

• Communes of the Calvados department

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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[ru] Беллу