Belleville-sur-Loire

Belleville-sur-Loire
The nuclear plant at Belleville The nuclear plant at Belleville
Coat of arms of Belleville-sur-Loire Coat of arms
Belleville-sur-Loire
Location within Centre region Belleville-sur-Loire
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Léré
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Vincent Fregeai
Area1	11 km2 (4 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	1,034
• Density	94/km2 (240/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Belleville-sur-Loire is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre 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 lateral a 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

File:Centrale Nucléaire de Belleville-sur-Loire.JPG

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

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official website of Belleville sur Loire (French)
• Val de Jazz Festival website (French)
• Belleville-sur-Loire on the Quid website (French)