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Bellac
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Bellac
Total population
3,596
Air quality index
Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Bellac is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
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Geography
Bellac lies northwest of Limoges at the confluence of the rivers Gartempe and , in the Department of Haute-Vienne. Poitiers is to the northwest, and Angoulême to the southwest. The hills known as the Monts de Blond lie immediately to the south.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819Unio mancus Lamarck, 1819 · Bivalvia667
- Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves368
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves367
- Great TitParus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves356
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves339
- Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves333
- European RobinErithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves308
- European chubSqualius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Animalia301
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4 — 2010-07-255 km ENE of Saint-Maurice-la-Clouère, France
- M 2.6 — 2008-11-054 km NNE of Mézières-en-Brenne, France
- M 2.6 — 2007-12-229 km SW of Chaillac, France
- M 2.7 — 2007-09-164 km NW of Neuville-de-Poitou, France
- M 2.5 — 2007-06-243 km WNW of Bussière-Dunoise, France
- M 2.7 — 2007-06-215 km E of Bélâbre, France
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 87011
- Department
- 87
- Region
- 75
- Population (Wikidata)
- 3,537
geo.api.gouv.fr
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
- • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr