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Beaumont-en-Auge | |
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Commune | |
Town hall | |
Coat of arms | |
Location of Beaumont-en-Auge | |
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Coordinates: 49°16′44″N 0°06′38″E / 49.2789°N 0.1106°E / 49.2789; 0.1106 | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Calvados |
Arrondissement | Lisieux |
Canton | Pont-l'Évêque |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–2026) | Sylviane Ebrard |
Area | 7.98 km (3.08 sq mi) |
Population | 398 |
• Density | 50/km (130/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 14055 /14950 |
Elevation | 29–146 m (95–479 ft) (avg. 125 m or 410 ft) |
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Beaumont-en-Auge (French pronunciation: [bomɔ̃ ɑ̃.n‿oʒ] , literally Beaumont in Auge) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. The town hosts one of the last kaleidoscope manufacturers in France.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 542 | — |
1968 | 469 | −13.5% |
1975 | 409 | −12.8% |
1982 | 397 | −2.9% |
1990 | 472 | +18.9% |
1999 | 496 | +5.1% |
2008 | 458 | −7.7% |
Notable people
- Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749–1827), mathematician, physicist, astronomer and philosopher.
- Jean-Charles Langlois (1789–1870), soldier and military commander during the Napoleonic Wars, painter of battles.
See also
- The brilliance of Beaumont-en-Auge; vintage and current images of the village with a short biography of Laplace
- Communes of the Calvados department
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- Clerke, Agnes Mary (1911). "Laplace, Pierre Simon" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). pp. 200–202.
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