Beaumont-de-Lomagne
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Location within Occitanie region
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| Coordinates: 43°53′02″N 0°59′21″E / 43.8839°N 0.9892°ECoordinates: 43°53′02″N 0°59′21″E / 43.8839°N 0.9892°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Occitanie | |
| Department | Tarn-et-Garonne | |
| Arrondissement | Castelsarrasin | |
| Canton | Beaumont-de-Lomagne | |
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| • Mayor | Faustin Llido | |
| Area1 | 46 km2 (18 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 3,894 | |
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 82013 / 82500 | |
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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.
Beaumont-de-Lomagne is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
The river Gimone runs through the town.
Beaumont-de-Lomagne, bastide, was founded in 1276 following the act of coregency between the abbey of Grandselve and King Philip III of France - the King was represented by his seneschal for the former County of Toulouse, Eustace de Beaumarchais. In 1278 the town was granted a very liberal charter of laws, by the standards of the period, defining the rights and duties of its inhabitants.
In 1280, work commenced on a large church; its flat apse shows the influence of Cîteaux. The bell-tower, was made in the fifteenth century and resembles that of Saint-Sernin in Toulouse. Construction finished around 1430 and the Bishop of Montauban, driven out of his city by the English, made it his episcopal seat until 1432.
The market hall, in the centre of the town square, was designed for the markets that took place every Saturday.
The fourteenth century marked the beginning of the Hundred years war. Taken by the English in 1345, Beaumont was recaptured in 1350 but continued to be plundered by "Great Companies" and experienced civil war due to the opposition of two military chiefs: Count of Foix and John I, Count of Armagnac. The century ended with an epidemic of the plague which killed 500 inhabitants.
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