Belloy-en-France | |
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St. Georges | |
Coordinates: 49°05′25″N 2°22′19″E / 49.0903°N 2.3719°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Department | Val-d'Oise |
Arrondissement | Sarcelles |
Canton | Fosses |
Intercommunality | Carnelle Pays de France |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Raphaël Barbarossa [1] |
Area 1 | 9.49 km2 (3.66 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 2,228 |
• Density | 230/km2 (610/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
95056 /95270 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Belloy-en-France (French pronunciation: [bɛlwa ɑ̃ fʁɑ̃s] ) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Belloy–Saint-Martin station has rail connections to Luzarches, Sarcelles and Paris.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,065 | — |
1975 | 1,710 | +7.00% |
1982 | 1,645 | −0.55% |
1990 | 1,540 | −0.82% |
1999 | 1,536 | −0.03% |
2007 | 1,819 | +2.14% |
2012 | 2,098 | +2.90% |
2017 | 2,189 | +0.85% |
Source: INSEE [3] |
The Saint Georges church was built in the 13th century on the site of a primitive shrine, a very early place of pilgrimage. The façade is in Renaissance style; the gate, sometimes attributed to Jean Bullant, consists of a tympanum leading to columns grooved in Corinthian capitals, the whole surrounded by a very decorated classic entablature, surmounted in the extremities by two roof lanterns. The salamander and the initials of the king Francis I of France appear on the spandrels.
The base of the bell tower and the chapel of the Virgin Mary are the oldest parts of the building. The choir has a rib vault, strengthened by liernes in the nave and the aisles.
The stone baptismal fonts date from 1524 and are decorated with bas-reliefs representing plants. The building also has a gravestone in double effigy of Guillaume de Belloy, a pulpit and an 18th-century panellings, opposite a 17th-century banc d'œuvre surmounted by a pediment.
Belloy-en-France is the location of the only remaining French manufacturer of traditional tassels, Les Passementeries de l'île de France, as of 2019 [update]. [4]