Belloy-en-France
Belloy-en-France | |
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 St. Georges | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Belloy-en-France  | |
  Belloy-en-France  Belloy-en-France | |
| Coordinates: 49°05′25″N 2°22′19″E / 49.0903°N 2.3719°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Val-d'Oise |
| Arrondissement | Sarcelles |
| Canton | Fosses |
| Intercommunality | Carnelle Pays de France |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Raphaël Barbarossa |
| Area 1 | 9.49 km2 (3.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 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. | |
Belloy-en-France (French pronunciation: [bɛlwa ɑ̃ fʁɑ̃s] ) is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.
Monuments
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].[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "How the world's most beautiful tassels are made". House & Garden.
External links
- Mérimée database - Cultural heritage (in French)
- Land use (IAURIF)[permanent dead link] (in English)
- Association of Mayors of the Val d’Oise (in French)
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