Belloy-en-France
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.
Belloy-en-France | |
|---|---|
St. Georges | |
| Coordinates: 49°05′25″N 2°22′19″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. | |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 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]
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- "How the world's most beautiful tassels are made". House & Garden.
- Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise (in French)
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