La Bellière (French pronunciation: [la bɛljɛʁ] ) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.
La Bellière | |
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 The town hall and church in La Bellière | |
Location of La Bellière  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°37′36″N 0°01′59″W / 48.6267°N 0.0331°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Orne |
| Arrondissement | Alençon |
| Canton | Sées |
| Intercommunality | Sources de l'Orne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Eric Renouard[1] |
Area 1 | 13.91 km2 (5.37 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 132 |
| • Density | 9.5/km2 (25/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 61039 /61570 |
| Elevation | 192–363 m (630–1,191 ft) (avg. 215 m or 705 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editThe commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Grais, La Haute Bellière, La Rochette and La Bellière.[3]
It is 1,390 hectares (5.4 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 215 metres (705 ft).
The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and Forêt d'Écouves.[4][5]
The commune along with another eight communes shares part of a 1,630 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called Sites d'Ecouves.[6]
La Bellière has a total of five streams running through it, the Aprel, the Cercueil, the Clairefontaine, the Landrion and the Vallees.
Population
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b "La Bellière · 61570, France". La Bellière · 61570, France.
- ^ "rapport de charte" (PDF), parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/
- ^ "MASSIF FORESTIER D'ECOUVES ET SES MARGES" (PDF). ZNIEFF.
- ^ "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500100 - Sites d'Ecouves - Description".
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Bellière, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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