Beaumont (Gers)

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Beaumont
Bèumont
Beaumont (France)
Beaumont
region Occitania
Department Gers
Arrondissement Condom
Canton Armagnac-Ténarèze
Community association La Ténarèze
Coordinates 43 ° 57 '  N , 0 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 57 '  N , 0 ° 17'  E
height 76-152 m
surface 7.56 km 2
Residents 136 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 18 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 32100
INSEE code 32037

Notre-Dame village church in Vopillon

Beaumont ( Gascon Beumont ) is a French municipality with 136 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gers in the region Occitania (2015 Midi-Pyrénées ); it belongs to the Arrondissement Condom and the commune association La Ténarèze . The residents call themselves Beaumontois / Beaumontoises .

geography

Beaumont is located around 41 kilometers northwest of Auch in the north of the Gers department. The community consists of numerous scattered settlements and individual farmsteads.

Neighboring municipalities are Larroque-sur-l'Osse in the north, Larressingle in the east, Mouchan in the southeast and south, Lauraët in the southwest and Montréal in the west.

history

In the Middle Ages Beaumont was the region Condomois in the historic landscape Gascogne and shared their fate. Beaumont was part of the District Condom from 1793 to 1801. Beaumont has been part of the Condom arrondissement since 1801 and belonged to the Condom canton from 1793 to 2015 . The municipality of Beaumont has only existed in its current size since 1837. At that time, the municipalities of Beaumont (1831: 231 inhabitants) and Vopillon (1831: 163 inhabitants) united to form today's municipality.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 195 144 139 105 114 112 101 145 136
Sources: Cassini, Beaumont Cassini, Vopillon and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint Pierre village church in Beaumont
  • Notre-Dame village church in Vopillon
  • Lavoir (wash house)
  • stone wayside cross in Vopillon
  • Memorial to the Fallen

Web links

Commons : Beaumont  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Memorial to the Fallen