Belleville

Meanings

1. A surname.
2. A neighborhood of Bouaké, Gbêke, Vallée du Bandama district, Ivory Coast.
3. A village in Haut-Sassandra, Sassandra-Marahoué district, Ivory Coast.
4. A neighborhood of Paris, France.
5. A commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
6. A former commune in Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, since 2018 part of the commune of Plaine-d'Argenson.
7. A former commune in Rhône department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, since 2019 part of the commune of Belleville-en-Beaujolais.
8. A community in Ireland.
9. A community in New Brunswick, Canada.
10. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
11. A city, the county seat of Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
12. A number of places in the United States:

Etymology

From Belle + -ville. * (French commune): From French Belleville, derived from belle vue (“beautiful view”). * (neighbourhood of Paris): From French Belleville, literally “beautiful town”. * (city in Ontario): Renamed in honour of Lady Annabella Gore after an 1816 visit with her husband, Francis Gore.