Beaumont-du-Périgord
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| local community | Beaumontois en Périgord | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Dordogne | |
| Arrondissement | Bergerac | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 46 ′ N , 0 ° 46 ′ E | |
| Post Code | 24440 | |
| Former INSEE code | 24028 | |
| Incorporation | January 1, 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
 Beaumont-du-Périgord with the Church of St-Frond |
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Beaumont-du-Périgord is a village and a former French commune with 1,047 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Dordogne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belonged to the Arrondissement of Bergerac and the canton of Lalinde .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the former municipalities of Beaumont-du-Périgord , Labouquerie , Nojals-et-Clotte and Sainte-Sabine-Born were merged to form a commune nouvelle called Beaumontois en Périgord . The former municipalities have the status of a Commune déléguée in the new municipality . The administrative headquarters are in Beaumont-du-Périgord.
location
Beaumont is about 30 kilometers southeast of Bergerac and a good 50 kilometers southwest of Sarlat-la-Canéda .
history
The bastide Beaumont-du-Périgord, located on a hill, was founded in 1272; The occasion was a protection agreement of three local feudal lords with the English King Edward I. The construction led Luke de Tany , the English Seneschal of Gascony . The protection of this "first royal bastide", one of the most important in the Périgord , lasted until 1442, when the French took it at the same time as the bastide of Molières . However, the English were not finally expelled until after the Battle of Castillon in 1453.
The ground plan of the village of Beaumont is not - as is usual - a rectangle, but a lying 'H'. Little is left of the fortification. The surrounding wall has disappeared.
Population development
| year | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
| Residents | 1226 | 1261 | 1155 | 1154 | 1145 | 1050 |
Attractions
- Saint-Front church (13th / 14th centuries). The huge church shows the typical features of a fortress with defense towers, machicolations and a circular battlement . Due to the lack of a castle, it served as a last refuge in the event of a siege. The only decoration on the church building is the portal vaulted by a balcony and a frieze of figures .
- Of the once 16 city gates, only the Porte de Lusies or Luzier is still standing.
- The present town hall dates from 1789 and served as a hospital for a long time.
- A former convent building ( Couvent des Dames de Foi ) from 1707 now serves as a retirement home.
- Bannes Castle (15th / 16th century) and the town's small Romanesque parish church with its beautiful bell gable are located just four kilometers to the northwest in the middle of the cemetery.
- The Château de Luzier from the 17th / 18th centuries Century is just under four kilometers to the west.
literature
- Jean-Luc Aubarbier, Michel Binet: Lovable Périgord. Ouest-France, Rennes 1990, ISBN 2-7373-0299-4 , p. 83.
- Jean-Luc Aubarbier, Michel Binet: Périgord. Ouest-France, Rennes 2006, ISBN 2-7373-4016-0 , p. 74.
- Susanne Böttcher (Ed.): Périgord, Dordogne, Limousin. (= The Green Guide. ) Travel-House-Media, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-8342-8995-7 , p. 75.
- Alo Miller, Nikolaus Miller: Dordogne (= DuMont travel paperback. ). Dumont-Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2005, ISBN 3-7701-6318-4 , p. 199.
