Beaumont-en-Auge
Commune in Normandy, France
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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.
Beaumont-en-Auge | |
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 Town hall | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Beaumont-en-Auge | |
  Beaumont-en-Auge Location within France  Beaumont-en-Auge Location within Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 49°16′44″N 0°06′38″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Lisieux |
| Canton | Pont-l'Évêque |
| Intercommunality | CC Terre d'Auge |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–2026) | Sylviane Ebrard[1] |
Area 1 | 7.98 km2 (3.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 376 |
| • Density | 47.1/km2 (122/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) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
Notable people
- Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749–1827), mathematician, physicist, astronomer and philosopher.[5]
- 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
