Beaumes-of-Venice

Beaumes-of-Venice is a common French, located in the department of Vaucluse and the area Provence-Alp-Coast of Azure.

Denomination

Beaumes-of-Venice is also named, in Occitan Provençal: Baumas de Venisa according to the traditional standard or Baumo de Veniso according to the Standard mistralienne)

Geography

The village is located at the foot of the Dentelles of Montmirail

Access

The secondary road 7 master key in the west of the Borough and connects this one by the secondary road 81.

The secondary road 90 coming from the south, crosses the borough and leaves to the North-East in direction the commune of Suzette.

At the south-east of the commune, the secondary roads 21 and 222 also arrive at the borough.

Relief and geology

The Dentelles of Montmirail are an assembly line of the Massif of Baronnies. Rock flagstones of the Jurassic (tithonic), grounds limestones.

Hydrography

Source of salt water to the district Make-Salted, Thermal spring of Montmirail, Durban; sulfur spring of Lafare; beautiful cascade of Saint-Christophe.

The Channel of Beaumes. (A legend tells that at the time one day of great cold, somebody the courageous one and of a little insane went down there to check the solidity of the ice. Unhappy VI to crumble under its feet.)

History

The caves were inhabited as of the Neolithic era. vestiges of Gallo-Roman occupation.

First mention in 993: " AD Balmas" who comes from " balma" : cave.

Stronghold of the count de Toulouse, Raymond Vl, given to the Holy See in 1209.

The stronghold became the second baronnie of Comtat after Sérignan: seigniory of Agoult with the XIIIe, of Clermont-Lodève with 14th, Astorg de Peyre and, finally, of Fortia until the Revolution; set up in fine duchy XVIIIe by Magpie VI.

1572, the city is taken by the baron of the Adrets.

Until 1914, a hydropathic establishment existed with the district of Make-Salted.

Heraldic

Administration

Demography

Economy

The agriculture, whose wine production, is the most important point of the local economy: Olive-trees (co-operatives olive-growing), vine, apples, cherries, olive oil, honey.

The vine is present on the slopes of Laces of Montmirail, several cellars/fields (production in AOC " coast-of-Rhône" , " coast-of-Ventoux" , and muscatel " Beaumes-of-Venise") on the commune.

Tourism, and in particular wine tourism (wine trail), have also a big part in the local economy.

There exists thus an inter-commune tourist office (between Beaumes-of-Venice, Lafare, Suzette, Alric Castling and Saint Hippolyte) and a tourist office, camp-site, lodgings rural, etc

The local arts and crafts is mainly turned towards building (masons, plasterers, etc)

Local life

Education

The inhabitants can profit from several schools:

  • Nursery school Eve and Marie Curie

  • Nursery school and primary education Saint Sebastien
  • Elementary school Jacques Prévert

as well as double service of canteens at the schools Saint Sebastien and Jacques Prévert.

Sports

Public swimming pool.

Hiking trails: 50 km of marked out paths and forest roads, in particular in the Saint-Amand-Montmirail solid mass.

Health

The borough has a pharmacy and a general doctor.

Worship

Principal worship: Christian; Catholic

Ecology and recycling

Collection and processing waste of the households and waste comparable and protection and development of the environment within the framework of the the Community of agglomeration Ventoux-Comtat Venaissin.

Access to a dechettery on Aubignan and collecting of cumbersome envisaged once a month.

Places and monuments

  • cellars and the wine trail

  • Parish church of the Bleeding heart, set up into collegial in 1507, rebuilt with 19th.

  • Notre Dame d' Aubune, vault of protective of the village of Beaumes of Venice: the legend tells that it intervened when the Malignant one wanted to destroy the religious monument using a rock overhanging that Ci. It is possible to visit this site on the hill being located behind the village in the place named the Rock Of the Devil because of a " griffure" demon on this stone.

  • Saint-Nazaire Vault.
  • votive Vault Saint-Roch 16th, taken again with 17th.
  • Vault Holy-Anne 1630.
  • Vault Saint-Sebastien 1629.
  • Ruins of the vault Saint-Michel 12th.
  • ruined Vault Saint-Alary.
  • Saint-Hilaire Vault of Durban.
  • Vault Our-Lady-at-Montmirail 1855.
  • Oratorical

  • Fountain 18th, registered with the historic buildings, places church.

  • feudal Vestiges of 12th: turns, walls.

  • Castle of Antremont.
  • Castle of Bouquillon.
  • Turn sarrasine.
  • Ruins of the castle of Durban (12th)

  • Rocalinaud: rock in the neighborhoods of Beaumes of Venice.

  • Hands: site where a statue is.

  • municipal Museum of archeology and history

Personalities related to the commune

The family of Agoult, nobility of Provence and Comtat Venaissin

References

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