La Bellière, Orne

La Bellière (French pronunciation: [la bɛljɛʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.

La Bellière
Commune
The town hall and church in La Bellière
Location of La Bellière
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Coordinates: 48°37′36″N 0°01′59″W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Alençon
Canton	Sées
Intercommunality	Sources de l'Orne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Eric Renouard[1]
Area 1	13.91 km2 (5.37 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	132
• Density	9.5/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61039 /61570
Elevation	192–363 m (630–1,191 ft) (avg. 215 m or 705 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Le Grais, La Haute Bellière, La Rochette and La Bellière.^[3]

It is 1,390 hectares (5.4 sq mi) in size. The highest point in the commune is 215 metres (705 ft).

The commune is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park and Forêt d'Écouves.^[4][5]

The commune along with another eight communes shares part of a 1,630 hectare, Natura 2000 conservation area, called Sites d'Ecouves.^[6]

La Bellière has a total of five streams running through it, the Aprel, the Cercueil, the Clairefontaine, the Landrion and the Vallees.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 498 —     1800 426 −2.21% 1806 508 +2.98% 1821 515 +0.09% 1836 541 +0.33% 1841 508 −1.25% 1846 538 +1.15% 1851 515 −0.87% 1856 511 −0.16% 1861 493 −0.71% 1866 439 −2.29% 1872 462 +0.85% 1876 404 −3.30% 1881 380 −1.22% 1886 386 +0.31% 1891 380 −0.31% 1896 336 −2.43% 1901 303 −2.05%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 281 −1.50% 1911 248 −2.47% 1921 221 −1.15% 1926 201 −1.88% 1931 183 −1.86% 1936 171 −1.35% 1946 231 +3.05% 1954 185 −2.74% 1962 167 −1.27% 1968 153 −1.45% 1975 128 −2.52% 1982 116 −1.40% 1990 101 −1.72% 1999 103 +0.22% 2007 108 +0.59% 2012 117 +1.61% 2017 125 +1.33%
Source: EHESS[7] and INSEE (1968-2017)[8]

See also

• Communes of the Orne department
• Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. "La Bellière · 61570, France". La Bellière · 61570, France.
4. "rapport de charte" (PDF), parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/
5. "MASSIF FORESTIER D'ECOUVES ET SES MARGES" (PDF). ZNIEFF.
6. "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500100 - Sites d'Ecouves - Description".
7. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet La Bellière, EHESS (in French).
8. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE