Bellebrune

Bellebrune
Coat of arms
Bellebrune
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Bellebrune
Coordinates: 50°43′40″N 1°46′31″E / 50.7278°N 1.7753°E / 50.7278; 1.7753Coordinates: 50°43′40″N 1°46′31″E / 50.7278°N 1.7753°E / 50.7278; 1.7753
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	Pays de la Faïence de Desvres
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Brigitte De Premont (PCD)
Area1	5.32 km2 (2.05 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	342
• Density	64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62104 / 62142
Elevation	38–105 m (125–344 ft) (avg. 86 m or 282 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bellebrune is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography

A small farming commune, some 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the N42, D252 and the D238 roads.

Population

Sights

• The ruins of an 11th-century castle.
• The church of St. Leu, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The Château de La Villeneuve, dating from the seventeenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bellebrune.

• Bellebrune on the Quid website (French)