Editing Belloc

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{{about|the place in France|the French-English author|Hilaire Belloc|the family|Belloc (surname)|the fictional character from the ''Lucifer'' comics|Elaine Belloc}}

{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Belloc
|commune status     = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Belloc (Ariège).svg
|arrondissement     = Pamiers
|canton             = Mirepoix
|INSEE              = 09048
|postal code        = 09600
|mayor              = Éric Alard<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}</ref>
|term               = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality   = Pays de Mirepoix
|coordinates        = {{coord|43.0142|1.9314|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m        = 400
|elevation min m    = 345
|elevation max m    = 491
|area km2           = 9.54
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
[[File:Belloc, Ariège (1).jpg|thumb|Belloc]]
'''Belloc''' ({{IPA|fr|bɛlɔk}}; {{langx|oc|Bèllòc}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Ariège (department)|Ariège]] [[Departments of France|department]] of southwestern [[France]].

It is located between [[Mirepoix, Ariège|Mirepoix]] and [[Foix]] and sits in the midst of a vast agricultural area.

==Cuisine==
The region features a robust cuisine including [[cassoulet]] and [[confit de canard]] and wines including the corbieres, [[minervois]] and malepere. The semi-hard ewe's milk cheese [[Abbaye de Belloc]] was first made here in the monastery of Notre-Dame de Belloc.

==Population==
Inhabitants of Belloc are called ''Bellocois''.

{{Historical populations
|align=left
|1962|24
|1968|54
|1975|33
|1982|55
|1990|44
|1999|62
|2008|66
}}
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==See also==
*[[Communes of the Ariège department]]

==References==
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{{Commons category|Belloc}}

{{Ariège communes}}

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[[Category:Communes of Ariège (department)]]


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