Beaumont-en-Auge
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Location within Lower Normandy region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Lower Normandy |
| Department | Calvados |
| Arrondissement | Lisieux |
| Canton | Pont-l'Évêque |
| Mayor | Daniel Louvet (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 29–146 m (95–479 ft) (avg. 125 m or 410 ft) |
| Land area1 | 7.98 km2 (3.08 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 458 (2008) |
| - Density | 57 /km2 (150 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 14055/ 14950 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 49°16′44″N 0°06′38″E / 49.2789°N 0.1106°E
Beaumont-en-Auge is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France. The city hosts one of the last kaleidoscope manufacturers in France.
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| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 |
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| Population | 542 | 469 | 409 | 397 | 472 | 496 | 458 |
[edit] Personalities
- Jean-Charles Langlois, soldier and military commander during the Napoleonic Wars, painter of battles, born at Beaumont.
- Pierre-Simon Laplace, mathematician, physicist, astronomer and philosopher, born at Beaumont-en-Auge.
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