Bellou-en-Houlme

Bellou-en-Houlme
Bellou-en-Houlme
Location within Normandy region  Bellou-en-Houlme
Coordinates: 48°41′29″N 0°26′32″W / 48.6914°N 0.4422°WCoordinates: 48°41′29″N 0°26′32″W / 48.6914°N 0.4422°W
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	Messei
Intercommunality	Haute Varenne et du Houlme
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gérard Bertrand
Area^1	38.73 km^2 (14.95 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	954
• Density	25/km^2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	61040 / 61220
Elevation	202–332 m (663–1,089 ft) (avg. 221 m or 725 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bellou-en-Houlme is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,566	—
1800	2,943	+14.7%
1806	2,410	−18.1%
1821	2,763	+14.6%
1831	2,868	+3.8%
1836	2,859	−0.3%
1841	2,810	−1.7%
1846	2,877	+2.4%
1851	2,872	−0.2%
1856	2,862	−0.3%
1861	2,667	−6.8%
1866	2,624	−1.6%
1872	2,651	+1.0%
1876	2,603	−1.8%
1881	2,208	−15.2%
1886	2,121	−3.9%
1891	1,920	−9.5%
1896	1,876	−2.3%
1901	1,840	−1.9%
1906	1,730	−6.0%
1911	1,676	−3.1%
1921	1,439	−14.1%
1926	1,426	−0.9%
1931	1,383	−3.0%
1936	1,307	−5.5%
1946	1,265	−3.2%
1954	1,246	−1.5%
1962	1,155	−7.3%
1968	1,072	−7.2%
1975	926	−13.6%
1982	961	+3.8%
1990	912	−5.1%
1999	954	+4.6%
2009	1,096	+14.9%

See also

• Communes of the Orne department

References

• INSEE commune file