Bellême, Orne Département, Normandy, France
🇫🇷 Bellême is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France. The musicologist Guillaume André Villoteau (1759–1839) was born in Bellême, as was Aristide Boucicaut (1810-1877), owner of Le Bon Marché, the world's first department store. This town is possibly the origin of the English and French surname Bellamy.
1Geography: Location At the heart of the Parc Naturel Régional du Perche, in the Orne Department, Bellême is on a hill that dominates the Perche area.
1Sights • Church of Saint-Sauveur 15th century, 16th century, rebuilt between 1675 and 1710. • Crypt of the Saint-Santin Chapel, dating from the tenth century. • Château gatehouse 15th century, and moat. • Remains of the ramparts, bearing a plaque commemorating the capture of the château and the town by King Saint Louis and his mother, Blanche of Castile in 1229. • 17th century and eighteenth century houses. • 17th century Hôtel de ville. • Sundials on rue du Château, place de la République and place Liègeard.
1Landscape • The town is built around the crest of a natural bowl, in which sits an outdoor lido (swimming pool), moto-cross circuit, stables and an expansive 18-hole golf course with adjacent hotel and holiday apartments.
1Events • Les Mycologiades internationales: Annual international wild mushroom festival.
1Paris Time
Bellême has a population of over 1,468 people. Bellême also forms part of the wider Mortagne-au-Perche Arrondissement which has a population of over 88,162 people. Bellême is situated near Mortagne-au-Perche.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Bellême has links with:
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🇨🇦 Chicoutimi 48.417
🇩🇪 Pfarrkirchen 48.417
🇺🇸 Mount Vernon 48.417
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🏴 Thundersley 0.59
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🇫🇷 Mortagne-au-Perche 0.547
🇫🇷 Châtellerault 0.544
Locations Near: Bellême 0.5614,48.3772
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🇫🇷 Le Mans 0.198,48.007 d: 49.2
🇫🇷 Argentan -0.02,48.751 d: 59.6
🇫🇷 Vendôme 1.064,47.787 d: 75.5
Antipodal to: Bellême -179.439,-48.377
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