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Part of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge in Normandy, France

Bellou
Part of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge
Location of Bellou
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Coordinates: 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-Pays-d'Auge
Commune	Livarot-Pays-d'Auge
Area	7.39 km (2.85 sq mi)
Population	134
• Density	18/km (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)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bellou (French pronunciation: [bɛlu] ) 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.

Geography

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
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

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.

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.

References

Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
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

Statistical data, INSEE
Base Mérimée: Manoir de Bellou, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)

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