Belle-et-Houllefort

Belle-et-Houllefort
Coat of arms
Belle-et-Houllefort
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Belle-et-Houllefort
Coordinates: 50°44′39″N 1°45′34″E / 50.7442°N 1.7594°ECoordinates: 50°44′39″N 1°45′34″E / 50.7442°N 1.7594°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	Pays de la Faïence de Desvres
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jules Humières
Area^1	9.14 km^2 (3.53 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	537
• Density	59/km^2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62105 / 62142
Elevation	26–84 m (85–276 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 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.

Belle-et-Houllefort is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France.

Geography

A farming and quarrying commune, some 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the N42, D233 and the D238 roads and by the banks of the river Wimereux.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	256	—
1968	267	+4.3%
1975	278	+4.1%
1982	340	+22.3%
1990	405	+19.1%
1999	533	+31.6%
2009	537	+0.8%

Sights

• The ruins of a fortified house.
• The church at Belle, dating from the twelfth century.
• The church at Houllefort, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The sixteenth century manorhouse du Major.
• The Hôtel-de-ville, built in 1862.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Belle-et-Houllefort on the Quid website (French)