Belleville-sur-Loire

Belleville-sur-Loire
Commune
The nuclear plant at Belleville
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 47°30′22″N 2°51′05″E / 47.5061°N 2.8514°E / 47.5061; 2.8514Coordinates: 47°30′22″N 2°51′05″E / 47.5061°N 2.8514°E / 47.5061; 2.8514
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
Arrondissement	Bourges
Canton	Sancerre
Intercommunality	CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Vincent Fregeai
Area 1	11 km2 (4 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	1,034
• Density	94/km2 (240/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 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 lateral a la Loire flows through the centre of the commune.

Population[]

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

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Belleville-sur-Loire.

• Official website of Belleville sur Loire (in French)
• Val de Jazz Festival website (in French)