Belin-Béliet

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

(2020–2026) Cyrille Declercq^[1]Area0.1 km² (0.04 sq mi)Population6,039 • Density60,000/km² (160,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation11–84 m (36–276 ft)
(avg. 27 m or 89 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Belin-Béliet (French pronunciation: [bəlɛ̃ belje]; Gascon: Belin e Beliet) is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France. It was created in 1974 by the merger of the former communes Belin and Béliet.^[3]

Population

The population data given in the table below for 1968 and earlier refer to the former commune of Belin.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,280 —     1800 1,202 −0.89% 1806 1,300 +1.31% 1821 1,277 −0.12% 1831 1,411 +1.00% 1836 1,550 +1.90% 1841 1,545 −0.06% 1846 1,558 +0.17% 1851 1,786 +2.77% 1856 1,753 −0.37% 1861 1,768 +0.17% 1866 1,807 +0.44% 1872 1,860 +0.48% 1876 1,830 −0.41% 1881 1,668 −1.84% 1886 1,765 +1.14% 1891 1,722 −0.49% 1896 1,678 −0.52%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,694 +0.19% 1906 1,713 +0.22% 1911 1,762 +0.57% 1921 1,737 −0.14% 1926 1,691 −0.54% 1931 1,574 −1.42% 1936 1,527 −0.60% 1946 1,466 −0.41% 1954 1,779 +2.45% 1962 1,714 −0.46% 1968 1,657 −0.56% 1975 2,229 +4.33% 1982 2,439 +1.29% 1990 2,626 +0.93% 1999 2,757 +0.54% 2007 4,022 +4.83% 2012 4,623 +2.82% 2017 5,529 +3.64%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1975-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department
• Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne

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