Beaucourt
Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
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Beaucourt (French pronunciation: [bokuʁ]) is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. The archivist and palaeographer Élie Berger (1850–1925) was born in Beaucourt.
Beaucourt | |
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Château Albert Japy | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Beaucourt | |
  Beaucourt  Beaucourt | |
| Coordinates: 47°29′12″N 6°55′34″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
| Department | Territoire de Belfort |
| Arrondissement | Belfort |
| Canton | Delle |
| Intercommunality | Sud Territoire |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Thomas Biétry[1] |
Area 1 | 4.95 km2 (1.91 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 4,966 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 90009 /90500 |
| Elevation | 375–575 m (1,230–1,886 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 4,924 | — |
| 1975 | 5,521 | +1.65% |
| 1982 | 5,682 | +0.41% |
| 1990 | 5,569 | −0.25% |
| 1999 | 5,348 | −0.45% |
| 2007 | 5,013 | −0.81% |
| 2012 | 5,153 | +0.55% |
| 2017 | 5,007 | −0.57% |
| 2023 | 4,966 | −0.14% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Literature
Beaucourt Revisited is a war poem by A.P. Herbert.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beaucourt.
