Beaujeu, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
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The church in Beaujeu
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Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region
Beaujeu
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| Coordinates: 44°12′15″N 6°22′20″E / 44.2042°N 6.3722°ECoordinates: 44°12′15″N 6°22′20″E / 44.2042°N 6.3722°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Department | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | |
| Arrondissement | Digne-les-Bains | |
| Canton | Seyne | |
| Intercommunality | Haute Bléone | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2020) | Brigitte Bonnet | |
| Area1 | 45.68 km2 (17.64 sq mi) | |
| Population (2008)2 | 153 | |
| • Density | 3.3/km2 (8.7/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 04024 /04420 | |
| Elevation | 821–2,153 m (2,694–7,064 ft) (avg. 880 m or 2,890 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Beaujeu is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of south-eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Beaujolais or Beaujolaises.
Beaujeu is located some 30 km east of Sisteron and 20 km north-east of Digne-les-Bains at an altitude of 880 m. Access to the commune is by the D900 road from Le Vernet in the north which passes through the length of the commune and continues south to Digne. The commune is rugged and mountainous.
An enormous number of streams rise all over the commune which mostly converge on the Arigéol which flows south to join the Bléone at La Javie.
The mountains around Beaujeu are composed of black shale.
The commune has 2793 hectares of woods and forests - 61% of its area.
None of the 200 communes in the department is in a no seismic risk zone. The Canton of La Javie to which Beaujeu belongs is in zone 1b (low risk) according to the deterministic classification of 1991 and based on its seismic history and in zone 4 (medium risk) according to the probabilistic classification EC8 of 2011. Beaujeu also faces four other natural hazards:
Beaujeu is also exposed to a risk of technological origin, namely the carriage of dangerous goods on the highway.
There is no plan for prevention of foreseeable natural risks (PPR) for the commune and there is no DICRIM.
The town has been subject to several natural disasters for flooding, mudslides, and landslides in 1986, 1994, and 1996. The landslide on 18 May 1996 carried away two 20,000 volt power pylons.
The term for the locality in 1147 comes from the Latin bellom jugum, meaning "beautiful mountain". It then became Bèl jog, a confusion with the Occitan bèl joc which means beau jeu in French.
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