Belvès

Belvès
Coat of arms of Belvès
Location of Belvès
Belvès is located in France
Belvès
Belvès
Location within France
Belvès is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Belvès
Belvès
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 44°46′36″N 1°00′29″E / 44.7767°N 1.0081°E / 44.7767; 1.0081
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentDordogne
ArrondissementSarlat-la-Canéda
CantonVallée Dordogne
CommunePays-de-Belvès
Area
1
23.66 km2 (9.14 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
1,204
 • Density50.89/km2 (131.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
24170
Elevation82–288 m (269–945 ft)
(avg. 190 m or 620 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Belvès (French pronunciation: [bɛlvɛs]; 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

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
18662,517—    
19621,572−0.49%
19681,630+0.61%
19751,623−0.06%
19821,581−0.37%
19901,553−0.22%
19991,431−0.90%
20061,483+0.51%
20221,204−1.29%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE[1]

Notable inhabitants

  • Jacques Rispal, (1 August 1923 – 9 February 1986) was a French film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1952 and 1986.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Populations de référence 2022" [Reference populations 2022] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2024.
  2. ↑ Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0024, 28 January 1973, pp. 1114-1117.
  3. ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 21 December 2015 (in French)
  4. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Belvès, EHESS (in French).