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Country
  
France

Department
  
Calvados

Intercommunality
  
Pays de Livarot

Area
  
7.39 km²

Population
  
125 (1999)

Region
  
Normandy

Canton
  
Livarot

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Thursday 4:37 PM

Arrondissement
  
Lisieux

Bellou

Weather
  
11°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 52% Humidity

Bellou 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.

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Map of 14140 Bellou, France

Geography

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

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

    Bellou Wikipedia