Beaumes-de-Venise
Appearance
Beaumes-de-Venise | |
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![]() Chapel with Mont Ventoux in the background | |
Coordinates: 44°07′25″N 5°01′52″E / 44.1236°N 5.0311°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Vaucluse |
Arrondissement | Carpentras |
Canton | Monteux |
Intercommunality | CA Ventoux-Comtat Venaissin |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jérôme Bouletin[1] |
Area 1 | 18.89 km2 (7.29 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,389 |
• Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 84012 /84190 |
Elevation | 44–442 m (144–1,450 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Beaumes-de-Venise (French pronunciation: [bom də vəniz]; Occitan: Baumas de Venisa) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
Name
[edit]The word "beaumes" comes from the Provençal word bauma meaning "cave" or "grotto". The surrounding hills have many of these caves that were inhabited during the Iron Age.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,484 | — |
1975 | 1,631 | +1.36% |
1982 | 1,721 | +0.77% |
1990 | 1,784 | +0.45% |
1999 | 2,051 | +1.56% |
2007 | 2,238 | +1.10% |
2012 | 2,388 | +1.31% |
2017 | 2,409 | +0.18% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Wine
[edit]The village gives its name to a sweet wine appellation, Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise. It also gives its name to a drier red wine, formerly Côtes du Rhone Villages Beaumes-de-Venise, now Beaumes de Venise AOC.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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