Belvès Explained

Belvès
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Belvès (Dordogne).svg
Arrondissement:Sarlat-la-Canéda
Canton:Vallée Dordogne
Insee:24035
Postal Code:24170
Commune:Pays-de-Belvès
Coordinates:44.7767°N 1.0081°W
Elevation M:190
Elevation Min M:82
Elevation Max M:288
Area Km2:23.66
Population:1237
Population Date:2019
Population Footnotes:[1]

Belvès (pronounced as /fr/; Languedocien: Belvés) is a former commune in the Dordogne department in southwestern France. In 1973 it absorbed the former commune Fongalop.[2] On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Pays-de-Belvès.[3]

It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France. The nearest city is Sarlat-la-Canéda.

Population

Notable inhabitants

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
  2. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/id/JORFCONT000000021030 Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes)
  3. http://www.dordogne.gouv.fr/content/download/18042/140254/file/RAA%20d%C3%A9cembre%202015%20n%C2%B0%203.pdf Arrêté préfectoral