The commune of Bellou is situated 18 kilometres from Lisieux, in the Pays d'Auge.
Population
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±%
1962
228
—
1968
167
−26.8%
1975
129
−22.8%
1982
107
−17.1%
1990
121
+13.1%
1999
125
+3.3%
2004
140
+12.0%
2006
152
+8.6%
2009
153
+0.7%
2012
153
+0.0%
Monuments
The Manoir de Bellou, built in 1720, and its 16th-century dovecote, have been registered as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1923. Its cider press building with its machinery and cellar were added to the register in 2004.[3]
Manoir de Bellou
People linked to the commune
Rose Harel, poet and goguettère, was born here on 8 April 1826. She died in Lisieux on 4 July 1885.[4]