Bellefontaine
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Bellefontaine was a commune in the Manche department of France, located within the arrondissement of Avranches and the canton of Isigny-le-Buat. It shared borders with Chérencé-le-Roussel, Juvigny-le-Tertre, Le Mesnil-Tôve, and Romagny-Fontenay. The area had a postal code of 50520 and an elevation above sea level of 292 meters.
The commune covered an area of 6.73 square kilometers. Population figures varied, with one source listing 293 residents and another listing 141. Bellefontaine was dissolved on December 31, 2016, and was replaced by the delegated commune of Juvigny les Vallées.
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Place details
- Locality
- Juvigny les Vallées
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Population
- 141
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Normandy
- Department
- Manche
- Arrondissement
- Avranches
- Canton
- Isigny-le-Buat
- Commune
- Juvigny les Vallées
- Area
- 6.73 km (2.60 sq mi)
- Density
- 20.5/km (53.1/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Elevation
- 100–292 m (328–958 ft) , (avg. 220 m or 720 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- delegated commune
- Official name
- Bellefontaine
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Avranches
- Population
- 159
- Area
- 6.73
- Elevation
- 235
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Saint-Barthélemy
- Image
- FranceNormandieBellefontaineEglise.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bellefontaine (Manche)
- postal code
- 50520
- replaced by
- Juvigny les Vallées
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2016-12-31
- associated electoral district
- canton of Isigny-le-Buat
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Encyclopedic overview
Bellefontaine ( French pronunciation: [bɛlfɔ̃tɛn] ) is a former commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Juvigny les Vallées.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bellefontaine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.