Bellou-en-Houlme | |
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Coordinates: 48°41′29″N0°26′32″W / 48.6914°N 0.4422°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Orne |
Arrondissement | Argentan |
Canton | La Ferté-Macé |
Intercommunality | CA Flers Agglo |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Marie Gaudin [1] |
Area 1 | 38.73 km2 (14.95 sq mi) |
Population (2021) [2] | 1,042 |
• Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 61040 /61220 |
Elevation | 202–332 m (663–1,089 ft) (avg. 221 m or 725 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Bellou-en-Houlme is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France. [3]
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Forêterie,Laubesnière, Le Val du Breuil, La Longrais,Le Clos,Le Pont and Bellou-en-Houlme. [4]
There are 10 watercourses that traverse through the commune, two rivers The Val du Breuil, and The Gine, in addition to eight streams. The eight streams are the Laurenciere, the Roussieres, la Haie, the Grand Ros, La Prevostiere, the Loget, the Lange and La Source Philippe.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,072 | — |
1975 | 926 | −2.07% |
1982 | 961 | +0.53% |
1990 | 912 | −0.65% |
1999 | 954 | +0.50% |
2009 | 1,096 | +1.40% |
2014 | 1,115 | +0.34% |
2020 | 1,053 | −0.95% |
Source: INSEE [5] |
The Commune has one buildings listed as a Monument historique, which is the Château de Dieufit, a farm house built in 1862, and listed in 2012. [6]
Bellou-en-Houlme is twinned with: [8]
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