Bellou-en-Houlme
Commune
The church in Bellou-en-Houlme
Location of Bellou-en-Houlme
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Coordinates: 48°41′29″N 0°26′32″W / 48.6914°N 0.4422°W / 48.6914; -0.4422
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Argentan
Canton	La Ferté-Macé
Intercommunality	CA Flers Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marie Gaudin[1]
Area 1	38.73 km2 (14.95 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,042
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Bellou-en-Houlme is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.^[3]

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, La Forêterie,Laubesnière, Le Val du Breuil, La Longrais,Le Clos,Le Pont and Bellou-en-Houlme.^[4]

There are 10 watercourses that traverse through the commune, two rivers The Val du Breuil, and The Gine, in addition to eight streams. The eight streams are the Laurenciere, the Roussieres, la Haie, the Grand Ros, La Prevostiere, the Loget, the Lange and La Source Philippe.

Population

Notable buildings and places

National heritage sites

The Commune has one buildings listed as a Monument historique, which is the Château de Dieufit, a farm house built in 1862, and listed in 2012.^[6]

Notable People

• Foulques du Merle - (1239 - 1314) was Seigneur of Gacé and Bellou-en-Houlme, and Baron of Le Merlerault, Briouze and Messei.^[7]

Twin towns – sister cities

Bellou-en-Houlme is twinned with:^[8]

• Wehretal, Germany