Beaumont-en-Auge

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Commune in Normandy, France

Coat of arms

Location of Beaumont-en-Auge

(2021–2026) Sylviane Ebrard^[1]Area

7.98 km² (3.08 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

398 • Density50/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

14055 /14950

Elevation29–146 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.

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.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	542	—
1968	469	−13.5%
1975	409	−12.8%
1982	397	−2.9%
1990	472	+18.9%
1999	496	+5.1%
2008	458	−7.7%

Notable people

Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749–1827), mathematician, physicist, astronomer and philosopher.^[3]
Jean-Charles Langlois (1789–1870), soldier and military commander during the Napoleonic Wars, painter of battles.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Clerke, Agnes Mary (1911). "Laplace, Pierre Simon" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). pp. 200–202.