Celles-sur-Belle

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Celles-sur-Belle

(2020–2026) Sylvie Brunet^[1]Area

41.37 km² (15.97 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,858 • Density93/km² (240/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

79061 /79370

Elevation60–162 m (197–531 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Celles-sur-Belle (French pronunciation: [sɛl syʁ bɛl]) 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. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Saint-Médard was merged into Celles-sur-Belle.^[3]

Population

The population data below refer to the commune in its geography as of January 2023.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,794	—
1975	3,007	+1.06%
1982	3,384	+1.70%
1990	3,538	+0.56%
1999	3,592	+0.17%
2007	3,689	+0.33%
2012	3,847	+0.84%
2017	3,907	+0.31%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Arrêté préfectoral 25 October 2018 (in French)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE