Belloc (; ) is a commune in the Ariège department of southwestern

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. It is located between

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and

Foix Foix ( , ; ; ) is a commune, the former capital of the County of Foix. It is the capital of the department of Ariège as it is the seat of the prefecture of that department. Foix is located in the Occitanie region of southwestern France ...

and sits in the midst of a vast agricultural area.

Cuisine

The region features a robust cuisine including

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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''.

References

Communes of Ariège (department) {{Ariège-geo-stub

Cuisine

Population

See also

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