Bellac
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Bellac (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
Bellac is where the French author Jean Giraudoux, writer of L'Apollon de Bellac, was born in 1882. His house has been turned into a museum.
Geography
Bellac lies Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Limoges at the confluence of the rivers Gartempe and Template:Interlanguage link, in the Department of Haute-Vienne. Poitiers is Script error: No such module "convert". to the northwest, and Angoulême Script error: No such module "convert". to the southwest. The hills known as the Monts de Blond lie immediately to the south.
Administration
Bellac is a sous-préfecture of Haute-Vienne, seat of the arrondissement of Bellac which covers 57 communes. Furthernore, it is part of the canton of Bellac and of the communauté de communes Haut Limousin en Marche.[2]
Population
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Transport
Bellac is Script error: No such module "convert". west of the A20 Limoges-Orléans motorway, and lies at a crossroads where the RN145 crosses the RN147. Both these roads had been designated part of the Template:Interlanguage link (RCEA) and were thus at risk of being upgraded to motorway. However, the latest thinking is that the RCEA will be re-routed from La Souterraine south down the A20 to Limoges and then via upgraded to the N520/N141 routes to Angoulême and the west.
Classifications
Bellac is classified as a Template:Interlanguage link, a village étape, a Template:Interlanguage link, and a Template:Interlanguage link.
Notable people
- Jean Giraudoux (1882–1944), writer, dramatist and playwright, was born in Bellac
- Charles Silvestre (1889–1948), writer, winner of the Prix Femina in 1926, died in Bellac
Climate
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See also
References
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- ↑ Commune de Bellac (87011), INSEE
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