Belloy-en-France explained

Belloy-en-France
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason belloy en france.svg
Coordinates:49.0903°N 2.3719°W
Arrondissement:Sarcelles
Canton:Fosses
Intercommunality:Carnelle Pays de France
Mayor:Raphaël Barbarossa[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Area Km2:9.49
Insee:95056
Postal Code:95270

Belloy-en-France (in French pronounced as /bɛlwa ɑ̃ fʁɑ̃s/) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Belloy–Saint-Martin station has rail connections to Luzarches, Sarcelles and Paris.

Monuments

The Saint Georges church was built in the 13th century on the site of a primitive shrine, a very early place of pilgrimage. The façade is in Renaissance style; the gate, sometimes attributed to Jean Bullant, consists of a tympanum leading to columns grooved in Corinthian capitals, the whole surrounded by a very decorated classic entablature, surmounted in the extremities by two roof lanterns. The salamander and the initials of the king Francis I of France appear on the spandrels.

The base of the bell tower and the chapel of the Virgin Mary are the oldest parts of the building. The choir has a rib vault, strengthened by liernes in the nave and the aisles.

The stone baptismal fonts date from 1524 and are decorated with bas-reliefs representing plants. The building also has a gravestone in double effigy of Guillaume de Belloy, a pulpit and an 18th-century panellings, opposite a 17th-century banc d'œuvre surmounted by a pediment.

Belloy-en-France is the location of the only remaining French manufacturer of traditional tassels, Les Passementeries de l'île de France, .[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022. fr.
  2. Web site: How the world's most beautiful tassels are made. House & Garden.