Beaumont-en-Auge

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
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Beaumont-en-Auge
Beaumont-en-Auge Show map of France Beaumont-en-Auge Show map of 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  (2022)[2]	387
• Density	48/km2 (130/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

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.

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