Pays de Belvès

Pays de Belvès ; País de Belvés
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Dordogne
Arrondissement	Sarlat-la-Canéda
Canton	Vallée Dordogne
Community association	Vallée de la Dordogne and Forêt Bessède
Coordinates	44 ° 47 ′ N , 1 ° 0 ′ E Coordinates: 44 ° 47 ′ N , 1 ° 0 ′ E
height	82-288 m
surface	30.72 km 2
Residents	1,419 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	46 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	24170
INSEE code	24035

Pays de Belvès ( Occitan : País de Belvés ) is a French commune with 1,419 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Aquitaine ). It belongs to the arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda and the canton of Vallée Dordogne (until 2015 Belvès ).

On January 1, 2016, the Pays de Belvès was formed as Commune nouvelle from the previously independent municipalities of Belvès and Saint-Amand-de-Belvès . The administrative headquarters are in Belvès.

geography

Pays de Belvès is located about 40 kilometers east-southeast of Bergerac . Neighboring communities are Monplaisant and Sagelat in the north, Carves in the north-east, Grives in the east, Doissat in the east and south-east, Sainte-Foy-de-Belvès in the south and south-east, Larzac and Salles-de-Belvès in the south, Capdrot in the south and south-west, Saint-Marcory in the south-west, Saint-Avit-Rivière in the west and Saint-Pardoux-et-Vielvic in the west and north-west.

structure

District	former INSEE code	Area (km²)	Population as of January 1, 2017
Belvès (administrative headquarters)	24035	23.66	1,300
Saint-Amand-de-Belvès	24363	7.06	119

Attractions

Belvès

numerous cave dwellings
The Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church is a single-nave construction from the 15th / 16th centuries. Century with side chapels, which has replaced older churches of the 9th and 13th centuries. It was recognized as a Monument historique in 2000 .
The architectural remains of the Château de Belvès essentially date from the 15th and 16th centuries.
The remains of the Hôtel Bontemps , a city palace of the Archbishops of Bordeaux from the 16th century, were recognized as a monument historique as early as 1948 .
The market hall ( hall ) standing on wooden supports was for centuries the economic and - besides the church - also the social center of the city.
The Beffroi with town hall
Remnants of a medieval hospital are also preserved.