Beaumont-de-Pertuis
Beaumont- de -Pertuis is a commune with 1067 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Vaucluse department in the Provence- Alpes- Côte d' Azur.
Geography
Beaumont- de -Pertuis is located southeast of the department of Vaucluse, about 13 kilometers south-west of Manosque and 15 kilometers northeast of Pertuis. Neighboring communities in Vaucluse are La Bastide -des- Jourdan in the northwest, Gram Bois in the west and Mirabeau in the southwest. The Durance in southeast forms a natural border to Saint -Paul- lès -Durance in the department of Bouches -du -Rhône and Viñón -sur -Verdon in the Var. In the north- east and north are the communities Corbières and pierrevert of the department of Alpes- de -Haute -Provence.
With an area of 56.07 km ² Beaumont- de -Pertuis belongs to one of the largest municipalities of the department. In the north- west, the foothills of the Grand Luberon raise the Luberon Regional Park, to which the municipality belongs. The flowing past the town center Torrent de Saint -Marcel rises to about 480 meters above sea level just across the border in the area of La Bastide -des- Jourdan and ends after 11.2 kilometers in length as a right tributary of the Durance.
Traffic
On the south-east of the municipality of the Autoroute A51 from Marseille and Aix -en- Provence runs coming from which one but from Beaumont has no connection. The parallel along route leading Departmental D996 connects the cities of Pertuis and Manosque, where are the nearest railway stations.
History
The first traces of human presence date back to prehistoric times. In the Middle Ages, the city was on a busy commercial street and had more than 1000 inhabitants. Thus, it belonged to one of the largest and most densely populated places in the area. Beaumont- de -Pertuis was plagued since 1509 by five earthquakes, of which the most violent so far that has been taken place in 1812 with a magnitude 7-8. Its traces are still through cracks on many public monuments, such as Church of St- Jean -Baptiste visible.
Population Development
Attractions
- Prehistoric dwellings in the rock caves of Saint- Eucher
- Oppidum Montmartre
- Remains an ellipse- shaped surrounding wall with three round towers (16th century)
- Former windmill in Hautes -Croix
- Water mill (late 18th century )
- Parish Church of St- Jean -Baptiste
- Rock Chapel St- Eucher (12th century)
- Chapel of Notre -Dame-de -Beauvoir with statue of St. Eucher
- Romanesque chapel of Ste -Croix