Beaujeu (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)
Beaujeu is a commune of 147 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the region Provence- Alpes- Côte d' Azur. It belongs to the department of Alpes- de -Haute -Provence, Arrondissement to Digne- les- Bains and the District of La Javie.
Geography
The village lies on Arigéol, a right tributary of the Bléone, at an altitude of 880 meters above the sea around 20 kilometers north-east of Digne -les- Bains.
The scattered settlement includes the following hamlets: Boullard, Le Clucheret, l' Escale, Fonfrède, Le Labouret, Saint- Pierre, Les Hautes - Traverses and Le Villard. The municipal area includes the following peaks: Sommet du Blayeul ( 2189 m), Sommet de Chappe ( 1667 m ) and the Col du Labouret (1240 m) on Route 900 Departmental They consist of black slate (French schiste ).
History
The town was first mentioned in 1147 as Beljog, but a moth, called simply La Tour ( " the tower " ), was built in the 11th century. The Barony Beaujeu covered the former municipalities Mariaud and Clucheiret. On the mountain pass route du col de Labouret a toll was drafted in the late Middle Ages. During the French Revolution a Political Club was founded in the city in 1792.
Toponymy
The place name derives from the Latin bellom jugum, which means " beautiful hill " is. About the Occitan pronunciation but there was a mix-up and the term mutated Bel joc, which means in the French high-level language beau jeu ( " beautiful game ").
Demographics
1315 had Beaujeu after a fire still 103 inhabitants, in 1471 there were, according to another fire only 18 in 1793, the village had 372 inhabitants, in 1831 the population reached its peak of 450. Then began a steady downward trend, the population fell to 92 inhabitants in 1968. Since it increases again.
Attractions
- Church église de l' Assomption in the hamlet of Saint- Pierre
- Church église de la Transfiguration in the hamlet Boullard (built 1824)
- Church église Notre- Dame-de- l'Assomption in Beaujeu ( 16th-19th centuries )
- On the road to Le Labouret two relay stations have been preserved: one in the village center and the other at the foot of the pass, whose ascent was very difficult.