Bellou

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

Bellou
Part of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge
Location of Bellou
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 ¹	7.39 km² (2.85 sq mi)
Population (2019)^[1]	134
• Density	18/km² (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)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (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.^[2]

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.^[3]