Celles-sur-Belle | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Celles-sur-Belle 79.svg |
Arrondissement: | Niort |
Canton: | Celles-sur-Belle |
Insee: | 79061 |
Postal Code: | 79370 |
Mayor: | Sylvie Brunet[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Mellois en Poitou |
Coordinates: | 46.2628°N -0.21°W |
Elevation Min M: | 60 |
Elevation Max M: | 162 |
Area Km2: | 41.37 |
Celles-sur-Belle (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. It is the site of an abbey dating from the 11th Century which was reconstructed between 1660 and 1685 on the orders of Louis XIV. In January 1973, Celles-sur-Belle absorbed the former communes Montigné and Verrines-sous-Celles.[2] On 1 January 2019, the former commune Saint-Médard was merged into Celles-sur-Belle.[3]
The population data below refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2023.