Beaumont-sur-Oise

Beaumont- sur -Oise is a commune with 9228 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011 ) in the department of Val- d'Oise in the Île- de -France region; it belongs to Arrondissement Pontoise and the canton of Beaumont- sur- Oise. The city is located 30 kilometers north of Paris, between the valley of the Oise and the forest of Carnelle.

Neighboring municipalities are: Persan, Bruyeres -sur- Oise, Noisy- sur- Oise, Presles, Nointel and Mours.

History

The name comes from the Latin bellus, beautiful, and mons, a mountain, and the river on which the town is located. Beaumont since the 1st century AD, an urban center at a road junction. In the Middle Ages, the place became a Carolingian church, which was built on a site where the previously was a Roman fort. It was the center of the county of Beaumont- sur- Oise.

Prior to the French Revolution was the grain market of Beaumont on 27 April 1775, the starting point of the so-called " flour war " when a crowd is outraged over the high grain, flour and bread prices and finally sacked the market. The unrest intervened quickly around and reached the suburbs of Paris.

Demographics

From 1962 only residents with a primary residence

Attractions

• The church of Saint -Laurent from the 12th century ( based on the small tower and the choir ) and the Renaissance ( tower)
• The former castle, one of the most important in the Oise Valley
• The Hôtel du Croissant is a former coaching inn on the route Paris- Beauvais ( Monument historique )
• A house from the 16th century in the No. 8, rue Albert I.
• Cinéma Le Palace ( Monument historique )