Beaumont (Vienne)

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Beaumont
Beaumont Coat of Arms
Beaumont (France)
Beaumont
local community Beaumont Saint-Cyr
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Vienne
Arrondissement Châtellerault
Coordinates 46 ° 44 '  N , 0 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 44 '  N , 0 ° 26'  E
Post Code 86490
Former INSEE code 86019
Incorporation January 1, 2017
status Commune déléguée

Beaumont is a commune Déléguée in the French municipality of Beaumont Saint-Cyr with 1,884 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The inhabitants are called Beaumontois .

By ordinance of June 16, 2016, the municipality was merged with the municipality of Saint-Cyr (Vienne) to form the municipality of Beaumont Saint-Cyr on January 1, 2017 . The municipality of Beaumont belonged to the arrondissement of Châtellerault and the canton of Jaunay clan (until 2015: canton of Vouneuil-sur-Vienne ).

geography

Beaumont is located on the Palu River , a tributary of the Clain , which forms the southeastern municipal boundary, about 18 kilometers north-northeast of Poitiers .

The municipality of Beaumont was surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Colombiers in the north, Naintré in the northeast, Vouneuil-sur-Vienne in the east, Saint-Cyr in the south and southeast, Dissay in the south and Marigny-Brizay in the west.

The A10 autoroute runs through the Commune déléguée .

Population development
year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 1,384 1,330 1,394 1,448 1,585 1,625 1,682 1,881
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Romanesque Church of Notre-Dame from the 15th century, monument historique since 1986
  • La Madeleine funerary chapel, Monument historique since 2002
  • Rouhet castle ruins with chapel, monument historique since 1931
  • Ruins of the tower of Beaumont
  • Beaudiment Castle from the 15th century
  • Le Puy-Chevrier castle from the 17th century

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. www.legifrance.gouv.fr: Ordinance of June 16, 2016 ( French ), accessed on January 31, 2017