Celles-sur-Belle
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The royal abbey of Our Lady, in Celles-sur-Belle
The royal abbey of Our Lady, in Celles-sur-Belle
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Country | France | |
Region | Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes | |
Department | Deux-Sèvres | |
Arrondissement | Niort | |
Canton | Celles-sur-Belle | |
Intercommunality | Celles-sur-Belle | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Marie Roy | |
Area1 | 37.24 km2 (14.38 sq mi) | |
Population (2006)2 | 3,676 | |
• Density | 99/km2 (260/sq mi) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 79061 / 79370 | |
Elevation | 60–162 m (197–531 ft) | |
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. |
Celles-sur-Belle is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France. It is the site of an abbey dating from the 11th Century which was reconstructed between 1660 and 1685 on the orders of Louis XIV.
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