Bellême (French pronunciation: [bɛlɛm] ⓘ) is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.
[4] The musicologist Guillaume André Villoteau (1759–1839) was born in Bellême, as was Aristide Boucicaut (1810-1877), owner of Le Bon Marché, the world's first department store.
This town is possibly the origin of the English and French surname Bellamy.
or Azure semy de lys Or, a bordure gules bezanty (Or).
The Commune has six buildings and areas listed as a Monument historique.