Belin-Béliet

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.

Belin-Béliet
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Belin-Béliet
Belin-Béliet Belin-Béliet
Coordinates: 44°29′54″N 0°47′20″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Arcachon
Canton	Les Landes des Graves
Intercommunality	Val de l'Eyre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Cyrille Declercq
Area 1	0.1 km2 (0.04 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	6,039
• Density	60,000/km2 (160,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33042 /33830
Elevation	11–84 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.

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 and INSEE (1975-2017)

See also

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