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Bellême (French pronunciation: [bɛlɛm] (listen)) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.[3] The musicologist Guillaume André Villoteau (1759–1839) was born in Bellême, as was Aristide Boucicaut (1810-1877), owner of Le Bon Marché, the world's first department store. This town is possibly the origin of the English and French surname Bellamy.

Bellême
Commune
An aerial view of Bellême
Coat of arms
Location of Bellême
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Coordinates: 48°22′38″N 0°33′41″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton	Ceton
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rémy Tessier[1]
Area 1	1.71 km2 (0.66 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	1,468
• Density	860/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61038 /61130
Elevation	162–230 m (531–755 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Location

At the heart of the Parc Naturel Régional du Perche, in the Orne Department, Bellême is on a hill that dominates the Perche area.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 2,771 —     1800 2,708 −2.3% 1806 2,862 +5.7% 1821 3,103 +8.4% 1836 3,263 +5.2% 1841 3,143 −3.7% 1846 3,350 +6.6% 1851 3,126 −6.7% 1856 3,130 +0.1% 1861 3,153 +0.7% 1866 3,108 −1.4% 1872 3,199 +2.9% 1876 2,935 −8.3% 1881 2,825 −3.7% 1886 2,656 −6.0% 1891 2,563 −3.5% 1896 2,599 +1.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 2,627 +1.1% 1906 2,338 −11.0% 1911 2,187 −6.5% 1921 1,944 −11.1% 1926 1,992 +2.5% 1931 1,938 −2.7% 1936 1,792 −7.5% 1946 1,697 −5.3% 1954 1,627 −4.1% 1962 1,844 +13.3% 1968 1,742 −5.5% 1975 1,843 +5.8% 1982 1,849 +0.3% 1990 1,788 −3.3% 1999 1,774 −0.8% 2009 1,547 −12.8%

Heraldry

The arms of Bellême are blazoned : Sable, a triple-towered keep Or. or Azure semy de lys Or, a bordure gules bezanty (Or).

Sights

• Church of Saint-Sauveur 15th century, 16th century, rebuilt between 1675 and 1710.
• Crypt of the Saint-Santin Chapel, dating from the tenth century.
• Château gatehouse 15th century, and moat.
• Remains of the ramparts, bearing a plaque commemorating the capture of the château and the town by King Saint Louis and his mother, Blanche of Castile in 1229.
• 17th century and eighteenth century houses.
• 17th century Hôtel de ville.
• Sundials on rue du Château, place de la République and place Liègeard.

Landscape

• The town is built around the crest of a natural bowl, in which sits an outdoor lido (swimming pool), moto-cross circuit, stables and an expansive 18-hole golf course with adjacent hotel and holiday apartments.

Events

• Les Mycologiades internationales : Annual international wild mushroom festival.

International relations

Bellême is twinned with:

• Goring-on-Thames  United Kingdom since 1979.
• Stühlingen  Germany since 1980.

Sports

• The town's football club, FC Pays Bellêmois, compete in the Ligue de Football Basse-Normandie and the Coupe de France, playing their home games at the town's Terrain Intercommunal.
• Moto Club Bellêmois hosts motocross events that welcome an international field of competitors.

See also

• Communes of the Orne department
• House of Bellême
• Robert de Bellême
• Perche

References

External links

• Belleme Tourist Information (in French)
• Piscine à Bellême
• Moto Club Bellêmois
• Golf de Bellême
• FC Du Pays Bellêmois
• Goring and District Twinning Association
• Stuhlingen Web page (in German)

На других языках

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[de] Bellême

Bellême ist eine französische Stadt mit 1468 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Orne in der Region Normandie. Zur Agglomeration von Bellême zählt auch die zu Belforêt-en-Perche gehörende Commune déléguée Sérigny, die im Osten mit Bellême zusammengewachsen ist.

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