Country France Department Val-d'Oise Population (2006) 1,831 Local time Thursday 4:41 PM | Region Île-de-France Canton Viarmes Area 9.49 km² Arrondissement Sarcelles | |
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Intercommunality Carnelle Pays de France Weather 12°C, Wind SW at 19 km/h, 48% Humidity | ||
Belloy-en-France is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.
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Map of 95270 Belloy-en-France, France
Monuments
The Saint Georges church was built in the 13th century on the site of a primitive shrine, a very early place of pilgrimage. The façade is in Renaissance style; the gate, sometimes attributed to Jean Bullant, consists of a tympanum leading to columns grooved in Corinthian capitals, the whole surrounded by a very decorated classic entablature, surmounted in the extremities by two roof lanterns. The salamander and the initials of the king Francis I of France appear on the spandrels.
The base of the bell tower and the chapel of the Virgin Mary are the oldest parts of the building. The choir has a rib vault, strengthened by liernes in the nave and the aisles.
The stone baptismal fonts date from 1524 and are decorated with bas-reliefs representing plants. The building also has a gravestone in double effigy of Guillaume de Belloy, a pulpit and an 18th-century panellings, opposite a 17th-century banc d'œuvre surmounted by a pediment.