Belloc

Belloc
Commune
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Coordinates: 43°00′51″N 1°55′53″E / 43.0142°N 1.9314°E / 43.0142; 1.9314Coordinates: 43°00′51″N 1°55′53″E / 43.0142°N 1.9314°E / 43.0142; 1.9314
Country	France
Region	Occitanie
Department	Ariège
Arrondissement	Pamiers
Canton	Mirepoix
Intercommunality	Pays de Mirepoix
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	André Barthez
Area 1	9.54 km2 (3.68 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	77
• Density	8.1/km2 (21/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	09048 /09600
Elevation	345–491 m (1,132–1,611 ft) (avg. 400 m or 1,300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Belloc is a commune in the Ariège department of southwestern France.

It is located between Mirepoix and Foix and sits in the midst of a vast agricultural area.

Cuisine[]

The region features a robust cuisine including cassoulet and confit de canard and wines including the corbieres, minervois and malepere. The semi-hard ewe's milk cheese Abbaye de Belloc was first made here in the monastery of Notre-Dame de Belloc.

Population[]

Inhabitants of Belloc are called Bellocois.

See also[]

• Communes of the Ariège department

References[]

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