Beaumé

Beaumé
Entry to the village
Beaumé
Location within Picardy region Beaumé
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Vervins
Canton	Aubenton
Intercommunality	Pays des Trois Rivières
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Bernard Derumigny
Area1	9.18 km2 (3.54 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	97
• Density	11/km2 (27/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	02055 / 02500
Elevation	168–254 m (551–833 ft) (avg. 212 m or 696 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Beaumé is a French commune in the department of Aisne in the Picardy region of northern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Beauméens or Beauméennes

Geography

Beaumé is located some 70 km east of Saint-Quentin and 50 km west of Charleville-Mézières. It can be accessed by the D37 road from Besmont in the west passing through the commune and the village and continuing east to Aubenton. There are also several other country roads accessing the commune from all directions. Apart from the village there are two other hamlets: La Courte Soupe and Monplaisir. The south of the commune is heavily forested however most of the commune is farmland.

The Ruisseau de l'Etang Polliart flows from the south-east of the commune to the north with several tributaries as it continues north out of the commune to join the Ton river at Leuze.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Beaumé

From	To	Name	Party	Position
2001	2014	Jean-Luc Hesters
2014	2020	Bernard Derumigny

(Not all data is known)

Demography

In 2010, the commune had 97 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
208	355	375	415	449	450	477	502	477

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
477	464	460	456	429	393	365	336	313

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
311	304	286	248	239	207	198	185	187

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2008	2010
161	145	112	123	113	118	102	98	97

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

The War Memorial

Population of Beaumé

Culture and heritage

The Church of Saint Nicolas

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Farmhouse at 6 Rue de l'Eglise (1849)
• A Farmhouse at La Courte Soupe d'en bas (18th century)
• An old Chateau at 4-12 Rue de Leuze (1772)
• The Town Hall / School at 2 Place de la Mairie (1843)
• The old Grange-aux-Bois Manor at Grange-aux-Bois (1870)

Religious heritage

A Wayside Cross

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Bordreaux-Grimpret Family Tomb (1882)
• The Tomb of Hippolite Licent (1858)
• The Tomb of Infantry Captain Pierre Antoine Menu (1844)
• The Parish Church and Cemetery of Saint Nicolas (14th century)

The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• A Paten (19th century)
• A Book: Missale Ecclesiae Laudensis (1773)
• A Chalice (19th century)
• A Stoup (18th century)
• A Stained glass window: Our Lady of Victories (19th century)
• The Charlotte Bell (1783)
• An Altar Painting: Christ on the Cross (1969)
• A Baptismal font (16th century)
• The "Queen's Chair" (18th century)
• A Statue: Saint Nicolas (16th century)
• A set of 4 Church Lamps (19th century)
• A Wardrobe converted to a Confessional (19th century)
• The Furniture in the Church
• The Furniture in the Church (Supplementary list)
• A Book: Book of Common Prayer and particular Masses of Saint Benedict (1619)
• A set of 5 Pews (17th century)
• The Panelling in the semi-recess of the Choir (18th century)
• The Retable on the main Altar (18th century)
• The Tabernacle on the main Altar (18th century)
• The main Altar (18th century)
• The whole of the decoration of the Choir (17th century)
• A Stool for a Choir child (18th century)
• A Bronze Bell (1783)

Notable People linked to the commune

Grave of Pierre Antoine Menu (1769-1844)

• Pierre Antoine Menu, Captain of the 84th regiment of infantry of the line, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, native of Archon. Buried at Beaumé.

See also

• Communes of the Aisne department

External links

• Beaumé on the old National Geographic Institute website (French)
• Files of the Cultural Heritage Inventory of Beaumé (French)
• Beaumé on Lion1906
• Beaumé on Google Maps
• Beaumé on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Beaumée on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Beaumé on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)