Belflou
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region | Occitania | |
Department | Aude | |
Arrondissement | Carcassonne | |
Canton | La Piège au Razès | |
Community association | Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois | |
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 | 11030 |
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