Belvès-de-Castillon

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Belvès-de-Castillon
Belvés de Castilhon
Belvès-de-Castillon (France)
Belvès-de-Castillon
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Libourne
Canton Les Coteaux de Dordogne
Community association Grand Saint-Emilionnais
Coordinates 44 ° 53 ′  N , 0 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 53 ′  N , 0 ° 2 ′  W
height 13-102 m
surface 6.61 km 2
Residents 333 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 50 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 33350
INSEE code
Website http://www.belvesdecastillon.fr/

Town Hall (Mairie) of Belvès-de-Castillon

Belvès-de-Castillon ( Occitan Belves de Castilhon ) is a southwestern French community with 333 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Libourne and the canton of Les Coteaux de Dordogne (until 2015 Castillon-la-Bataille ). The inhabitants are called Belvésiens .

location

Belvès-de-Castillon is located about fifty kilometers east-northeast of Bordeaux . Belvès-de-Castillon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Gardegan-et-Tourtirac in the north, Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne in the east, Castillon-la-Bataille in the south, Saint-Magne-de-Castillon in the southwest and Sainte-Colombe in the West.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 309 322 280 295 325 341 328 341
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame church from the 19th century
  • Castle and domain of Castegans from the 14th century with renovations from the 15th and 16th centuries, monument historique since 1996

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , p. 573.

Web links

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