| Bellou | |
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| Coordinates: 48°58′59″N 0°13′44″E / 48.9831°N 0.2289°ECoordinates: 48°58′59″N 0°13′44″E / 48.9831°N 0.2289°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Lisieux |
| Canton | Livarot |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Livarot |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | René Yonnet |
| Area1 | 7.39 km2 (2.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)2 | 153 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14058 /14140 |
| Elevation | 128–204 m (420–669 ft) (avg. 190 m or 620 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
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.
The commune of Bellou is situated 18 kilometres from Lisieux, in the Pays d'Auge.
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.