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Beaumont is a commune in France, situated within the Yonne department and the arrondissement of Auxerre. It lies in the canton of Seignelay, with Saint-Florentin serving as its associated electoral district. The town is located in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and shares borders with Cheny, Chemilly-sur-Yonne, Bassou, and Bonnard.
The commune has an area of 6.55 square kilometers and a population of 644, comprising 319 males and 311 females. Its postal code is 89250. Beaumont is positioned near the Yonne and Serein bodies of water. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 128 meters, while another source lists it as 98 meters.
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Place details
- Locality
- Beaumont
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Department
- Yonne
- Arrondissement
- Auxerre
- Canton
- Saint-Florentin
- Area
- 6.55 km (2.53 sq mi)
- Density
- 94.4/km (244/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 89031 /89250
- Elevation
- 83–128 m (272–420 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Understand
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 Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beaumont” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.