Appenai-sous-Bellême

Appenai-sous-Bellême (French pronunciation: [apənɛ su bɛlɛm] (listen), Appenai under Bellême) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.

Appenai-sous-Bellême
Commune
The church in Appenai-sous-Bellême
Location of Appenai-sous-Bellême
Appenai-sous-Bellême Appenai-sous-Bellême
Coordinates: 48°20′43″N 0°33′32″E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Orne
Arrondissement	Mortagne-au-Perche
Canton	Ceton
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Daniel Jean
Area 1	10.74 km2 (4.15 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)	281
• Density	26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	61005 /61130
Elevation	123–196 m (404–643 ft) (avg. 192 m or 630 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 603 —     1800 610 +1.2% 1806 501 −17.9% 1821 683 +36.3% 1836 752 +10.1% 1841 725 −3.6% 1846 679 −6.3% 1851 675 −0.6% 1856 678 +0.4% 1861 689 +1.6% 1866 663 −3.8% 1872 652 −1.7% 1876 589 −9.7% 1881 542 −8.0% 1886 512 −5.5% 1891 484 −5.5% 1896 421 −13.0%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 409 −2.9% 1906 356 −13.0% 1911 361 +1.4% 1921 332 −8.0% 1926 305 −8.1% 1931 284 −6.9% 1936 281 −1.1% 1946 303 +7.8% 1954 322 +6.3% 1962 281 −12.7% 1968 293 +4.3% 1975 238 −18.8% 1982 199 −16.4% 1990 223 +12.1% 1999 222 −0.4% 2007 234 +5.4% 2009 240 +2.6%

See also

• Communes of the Orne department