Belflou

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Belflou
Belflou Coat of Arms
Belflou (France)
Belflou
region Occitania
Department Aude
Arrondissement Carcassonne
Canton La Piège au Razès
Community association Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois
Coordinates 43 ° 20 ′  N , 1 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 20 ′  N , 1 ° 46 ′  E
height 203-300 m
surface 8.93 km 2
Residents 121 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 14 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 11410
INSEE code

Belflou is a French commune with 121 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Aude department in the Occitanie region (before 2016 Languedoc-Roussillon ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Carcassonne , to the canton of La Piège au Razès (until 2015 Salles-sur-l'Hers ) and to the municipality of Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois . The inhabitants are called Belflonais .

geography

Belflou is located about 40 kilometers west-northwest of Carcassonne in the Lauragais landscape on the border with the neighboring Haute-Garonne department . The Ganguise is dammed here to the Lac de la Ganguise . The neighboring municipalities of Belflou are Gourvieille in the north, Baraigne in the east and north-east, Molleville in the east and south-east, Salles-sur-l'Hers in the south and south-west and Saint-Michel-de-Lanès in the west and north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 130 123 101 84 85 80 100 121
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • church
  • La Barthe Castle, Monument historique
  • Belflou Castle from the 13th century with a chapel

Web links

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