Beaufort-in-Valley

See also: Beaufort

Beaufort-in-Valley is a common French, located in the department of Maine-et-Loire and the area Pays of the Loire.

Geography

The town of Beaufort-in-Valley is located at 25 km of Angers and at 30 km of Saumur.

History

  • First of all, Beaufort was Saint-Pierre-in-Valley, which was not exactly with the site of current Beaufort.
  • Then, Guillaume of the Rocks, lord angevin arrived on the city and built a castle on a ground hillock, it even on a hill. Beaufort was built around the castle.
  • Then, there was, well after, the good King Rene duke of Anjou, duke of Bar and Lorraine, count de Provence, king de Naples and of Sicily. Born in 1409, he is the brother of Marie of Anjou, wife of Charles VII. The second woman of king Rene, Jeanne of Laval, will spend the 17 last years of her life to the castle of Beaufort to which she added an octagonal tower, still visible today.

  • With the Middle Ages, Beaufort was with the head of a secondary Sénéchaussée of the Anjou.

  • In 1343, salt becomes a state monopoly by an ordinance of the king Philippe VI of Valois, which institutes the gabelle , the tax on salt. The Anjou belongs to the countries of " large gabelle" and includes/understands sixteen special courts or " attics with sel" , of which that of Beaufort.

Administration

Demography

source: http://www.insee.fr/fr/ffc/docs_ffc/psdc.htm (Population without double accounts).

Economy

The city has an antenna of the Chamber of commerce and industry of Angers.

Places and monuments

You will be able to discover while following the circuit discovered of Jeanne of Laval: its castle, its church Notre-Dame, her markets, her companies of balls of fort, its trade, its football club (the sporting union beaufortaise of football) with its many bachelors the flag team which is in DSR.

Personalities related to the commune

See too

  • Common of Maine-et-Loire

External bonds

  • Site of the sporting union beaufortaise of football
  • Site of the tourist office of Beaufort-in-Valley
  • Beaufort-in-Valley on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Beaufort-in-Valley on the site of INSEE
  • Beaufort-in-Valley on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Beaufort-in-Valley on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Beaufort-in-Valley on Mapquest
  • Current events beaufortaises

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