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Beaumont
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Beaumont is a commune in France, situated within the canton of Brioude-Nord, the arrondissement of Brioude, and the Haute-Loire department. It is located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The official name of the municipality is Beaumont, and it has a postal code of 43100.
The area covers 12.03 square kilometers, with an elevation of 692 meters above sea level. Beaumont shares borders with Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre, Brioude, Cohade, and Paulhac. Its population is 296, comprising 144 males and 142 females. The associated electoral district is the canton of Brioude.
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- Locality
- Beaumont
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Department
- Haute-Loire
- Arrondissement
- Brioude
- Canton
- Brioude
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Jacques Vacheron
- Area
- 12.03 km (4.64 sq mi)
- Density
- 22.3/km (57.7/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 43022 /43100
- Elevation
- 421–692 m (1,381–2,270 ft) , (avg. 442 m or 1,450 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
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Beaumont was chartered in 1838 just a few years after three businessmen purchased a farming community known as Tevis Bluff and named the newly formed town after one of the men's wives.
From that point, Beaumont charted a course through several epochs, namely from one revolving around rice farming to one devoted to oil extraction with the famous Spindletop oilfield discovery and finally to one centered on shipbuilding as it pertained to World War II needs. This last period was marred to a degree by heightened racial tensions and a race riot.
Beaumont is still a very industrialized city, with even essentially a canal for a river that would normally be the Neches, but it is also somewhat of a cultural nucleus, with plentiful museums and culture venues and the Crockett Entertainment District. It has also been home to a number of celebrities such as The Big Bopper and Babe Zaharias (a famous female athlete). thumb|Entryway to the Crockett Street entertainment district in downtown Beaumont LCCN2014631010
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Beaumont ( French pronunciation: [bomɔ̃] ) is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beaumont” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.