Belle-et-Houllefort

Belle-et-Houllefort Belle-Hollevoorde
Commune
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Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 50°44′39″N 1°45′34″E / 50.7442°N 1.7594°E / 50.7442; 1.7594Coordinates: 50°44′39″N 1°45′34″E / 50.7442°N 1.7594°E / 50.7442; 1.7594
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	CC Desvres-Samer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Dufay
Area 1	9.14 km2 (3.53 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	564
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62105 /62142
Elevation	26–84 m (85–276 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Belle-et-Houllefort (French pronunciation: ​[bɛl e ulfɔʁ]; West Flemish: Belle-Hollevoorde) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography[]

A farming and quarrying commune, some 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the N42, D233 and the D238 roads and by the banks of the river Wimereux.

Population[]

Sights[]

• The ruins of a fortified house.
• The church at Belle, dating from the twelfth century.
• The church at Houllefort, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The sixteenth century manorhouse du Major.
• The Hôtel-de-ville, built in 1862.

See also[]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

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