Celles-sur-Belle | |
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 The royal abbey of Our Lady, in Celles-sur-Belle | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Celles-sur-Belle  | |
  Celles-sur-Belle  Celles-sur-Belle | |
| Coordinates: 46°15′46″N 0°12′36″W / 46.2628°N 0.21°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres |
| Arrondissement | Niort |
| Canton | Celles-sur-Belle |
| Intercommunality | Mellois en Poitou |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sylvie Brunet[1] |
| Area 1 | 41.37 km2 (15.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 3,858 |
| • Density | 93/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
Celles-sur-Belle (French pronunciation: [sɛl syʁ bɛl]) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine 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. In January 1973, Celles-sur-Belle absorbed the former communes Montigné and Verrines-sous-Celles.[3] On 1 January 2019, the former commune Saint-Médard was merged into Celles-sur-Belle.[4]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0296, 20 December 1972, pp. 13168-13169.
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 25 October 2018 (in French)