Beaufort, Hérault

Beaufort ( Occitan: Baufòrt ) is a commune with 199 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011 ) in the department of Hérault in the Languedoc- Roussillon region. It belongs to the landscape of the Minervois Minervois and Weinbaubiet (AOC ).

Demographics

Economy

As in most places in the Minervois wine growing plays a major role in working life of the inhabitants of Beaufort. Since the 70s and 80s of the 20th century, tourism in the form of holiday apartments ( gîtes ) added.

History

The History of Beaufort is no information published.

Attractions

• The Castle (Château de Beaufort) from the 16th to the 19th century is registered as a monument historique since 1984. It is privately owned.
• The single-nave Romanesque parish church of Saint -Martin in the 12th century was the side chapels in later times. Today's church tower dates from the 19th century. Worth mentioning are the blind arches made ​​of black stone material over the apse windows.
• At the edge of a small hill surrounded by vineyards, Beaufort a prehistoric stone cist grave ( Tombe de Coste Rouge) was the skeleton of an approximately 7- year-old boy found in 2000 by accident, which is dated to the period around 3500 BC. Grave goods in the form of arrowheads and stone knives or scrapers indicate that parents and members of the tribe lived in the expectation that the child would evolve in the Hereafter a hunter.