Bellou

Bellou is a former commune in the Calvados département in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge.

Geography
The commune of Bellou is situated 18 kilometres from Lisieux, in the Pays d'Auge.

Monuments
The Manoir de Bellou, built in 1720, and its 16th-century dovecote, have been registered as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1923. Its cider press building with its machinery and cellar were added to the register in 2004.

People linked to the commune

 * Rose Harel, poet and goguettère, was born here on 8 April 1826. She died in Lisieux on 4 July 1885.