Belloc

Belloc
Commune
Belloc
Location within Occitanie region
Belloc
Coordinates: 43°00′51″N 1°55′53″E / 43.0142°N 1.9314°E / 43.0142; 1.9314Coordinates: 43°00′51″N 1°55′53″E / 43.0142°N 1.9314°E / 43.0142; 1.9314
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Ariège
Arrondissement Pamiers
Canton Mirepoix
Intercommunality Pays de Mirepoix
Government
  Mayor (20082014) André Barthez
Area1 9.54 km2 (3.68 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 66
  Density 6.9/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 09048 /09600
Elevation 345–491 m (1,132–1,611 ft)
(avg. 400 m or 1,300 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.

Belloc is a commune in the Ariège department of southwestern France.

It is located between Mirepoix and Foix and sits in the midst of a vast agricultural area.

Cuisine

The region features a robust cuisine including cassoulet and confit de canard and wines including the corbieres, minervois and malepere. The semi-hard ewe's milk cheese Abbaye de Belloc was first made here in the monastery of Notre-Dame de Belloc.

Population

Inhabitants of Belloc are called Bellocois.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
196224    
196854+125.0%
197533−38.9%
198255+66.7%
199044−20.0%
199962+40.9%
200866+6.5%

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