Belleville-sur-Loire

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
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
Area 1	11 km2 (4 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	340	—
1968	352	+3.5%
1975	288	−18.2%
1982	448	+55.6%
1990	1,009	+125.2%
1999	1,088	+7.8%
2008	1,034	−5.0%

Sights

Nuclear power station

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

See also

• Belleville Nuclear Power Plant
• Communes of the Cher department

External links

• Official website of Belleville sur Loire (in French)
• Val de Jazz Festival website Archived 7 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in French)