Bellac, Haute-Vienne Département, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
🇫🇷 Bellac is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. Inhabitants are known as Bellachons.
is where the French author Jean Giraudoux, writer of L'Apollon de Bellac, was born in 1882. His house has been turned into a museum.
Geography Bellac lies 45 km (28 mi) north-west of Limoges at the confluence of the rivers Gartempe and Vincou , in the Department of Haute-Vienne. Poitiers is 70 km (43 mi) to the north-west, and Angoulême 100 km (62 mi) to the southwest. The hills known as the Monts de Blond lie immediately to the south.
Administration Bellac is a sous-préfecture of Haute-Vienne, governing eight cantons and 63 communes.
Transport Bellac is 30 km (19 mi) west of the A20 Limoges-Orléans motorway, and lies at a crossroads where the RN145 crosses the RN147. Both these roads had been designated part of the Route Centre-Europe Atlantique (RCEA) and were thus at risk of being upgraded to motorway. However, the latest thinking is that the RCEA will be re-routed from La Souterraine south down the A20 to Limoges and then via upgraded to the N520/N141 routes to Angoulême and the west.
Classifications Bellac is classified as a cité de charactere , a village étape, a station verte de vacances , and a station touristique .
Limoges, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bellac has a population of over 3,652 people. Bellac also forms the centre of the wider Bellac Arrondissement which has a population of over 38,258 people. It is also a part of the larger Haute-Vienne Département. Bellac is situated 43 km north-west of Limoges.
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🏴 Canterbury 1.08
🏴 Clacton-on-Sea 1.146
🏴 Colchester 0.903
🇫🇷 Montmorillon 0.872
🏴 Sittingbourne 0.74
🏴 Southend-on-Sea 0.735
🇫🇷 Saint-Gaudens 0.724
Locations Near: Bellac 1.04916,46.122
🇫🇷 Montmorillon 0.872,46.427 d: 36.5
🇫🇷 Limoges 1.26,45.827 d: 36.6
🇫🇷 Confolens 0.672,46.014 d: 31.5
🇫🇷 Nontron 0.661,45.532 d: 72.2
🇫🇷 Guéret 1.869,46.171 d: 63.4
🇫🇷 Poitiers 0.339,46.58 d: 74.6
🇫🇷 Vienne 0.333,46.583 d: 75.2
🇫🇷 Châtellerault 0.544,46.822 d: 86.9
🇫🇷 Châteauroux 1.691,46.81 d: 91
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