Bellou

Bellou
Bellou
Location within Normandy region  Bellou
Coordinates: 48°58′59″N 0°13′44″E / 48.9831°N 0.2289°E / 48.9831; 0.2289Coordinates: 48°58′59″N 0°13′44″E / 48.9831°N 0.2289°E / 48.9831; 0.2289
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Calvados
Arrondissement	Lisieux
Canton	Livarot
Intercommunality	Pays de Livarot
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	René Yonnet
Area1	7.39 km2 (2.85 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	153
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	14058 /14140
Elevation	128–204 m (420–669 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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bellou is a former commune in the Calvados département in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge.

The commune of Bellou is situated 18 kilometres from Lisieux, in the Pays d'Auge.

The Manoir de Bellou, built in 1720, and its 16th-century dovecote, have been registered as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1923. Its cider press building with its machinery and cellar were added to the register in 2004.