Belleville-sur-Loire
Commune
The nuclear plant at Belleville
Coat of arms
Location of Belleville-sur-Loire
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Coordinates: 47°30′22″N 2°51′05″E / 47.5061°N 2.8514°E / 47.5061; 2.8514
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Sancerre
Intercommunality	CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Bruno Van Der Putten[1]
Area 1	11 km2 (4 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2021)[2]	990
• Density	90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	18026 /18240
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Belleville-sur-Loire (French pronunciation: [bɛlvil syʁ lwaʁ], literally Belleville on Loire) is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.

Geography

A farming village with a nuclear power station situated by the banks of the river Loire, some 33 miles (53 km) northeast of Bourges at the junction of the D82, D951 and the D751 roads. The canal latéral à la Loire flows through the centre of the commune.

Population

Sights

• The church, dating from the twelfth century.
• Two chateaux, dating from the 15th and seventeenth century.
• Vestiges of Roman occupation.
• The nuclear power plant.