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Belvès
Sign in to saveBelvès (; Languedocien: Belvés) is a former commune in the Dordogne department in southwestern France. In 1973 it absorbed the former commune Fongalop. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Pays-de-Belvès.
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Belvès is a delegated commune in France, situated within the Dordogne department and the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It served as the capital of the canton of Belvès and was part of the arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda. The commune was established on January 1, 1973, and was dissolved on December 31, 2015, when it was replaced by the intercommunal body Pays-de-Belvès. Its postal code is 24170, and it shares a border with Monplaisant.
The area of Belvès is 23.66 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 1,714 residents and another citing 1,494. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 288 meters in one dataset and 172 meters in another. Belvès is a member of The Most Beautiful Villages of France. Its associated electoral district is the canton of la Vallée Dordogne.
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Place details
- Locality
- Pays de Belvès
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,494
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.image
- Belves Dordogne France 2CV.JPG
- French commune.name
- Belvès
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Belvès (Dordogne).svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Sarlat-la-Canéda
- French commune.canton
- Vallée Dordogne
- French commune.INSEE
- 24035
- French commune.postal code
- 24170
- French commune.commune
- Pays-de-Belvès
- French commune.elevation m
- 190
- French commune.elevation min m
- 82
- French commune.elevation max m
- 288
- French commune.area km2
- 23.66
- French commune.population
- 1204
- French commune.population date
- 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- Belvès
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda
- Population
- 1268
- Area
- 23.66
- Elevation
- 191
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of Belvès
- Shares border with
- Monplaisant
- Image
- Belves Dordogne France Summer2006.JPG
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- Commons category
- Belvès
- replaced by
- Pays-de-Belvès
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-12-31
- postal code
- 24170
- associated electoral district
- canton of la Vallée Dordogne
- WordLift URL
- data.wordlift.io/wl01254/entity/belves
- inception
- 1973-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Notable inhabitants
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Belvès (; Languedocien: Belvés) is a former commune in the Dordogne department in southwestern France. In 1973 it absorbed the former commune Fongalop. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Pays-de-Belvès.
It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France. The nearest city is Sarlat-la-Canéda.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belvès” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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