Beaumont (; wa, Biômont) is a city and
municipality
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of
Wallonia
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located in the
Belgian province of
Hainaut, on the border with
France
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.
On 1 January 2012 Beaumont had a total population of 7,060. The total area is 92.97 km².
The municipality consists of the following
districts
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:
Barbençon, Beaumont,
Leugnies,
Leval-Chaudeville,
Renlies,
Solre-Saint-Géry,
Strée
Strée is a village and district of the municipality of Modave, located in the province of Liège in Wallonia, Belgium.
During the Middle Ages, the village was in possession of the Knights Templar. From the 15th century, a local court of justice ...
, and
Thirimont.
The ''Tour Salamandre'', an 11th-century
donjon
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, is the most remarkable remains of the ancient fortifications of Beaumont. It can still be visited and holds expositions of the town's history.
The old castle, in which Napoleon spent a night before going to Waterloo in 1815, has been separated in two parts; one houses the town hall and the other contains a catholic secondary school, Paridaens.
Gallery
File:Beaumont - Tour Salamandre - JPG1.jpg, Tour Salamandre
File:Beaumont - Tour Salamandre - JPG2.jpg, Tour Salamandre
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-382-0201-09, Belgien, Beaumont, Häuserruinen.jpg, View of Beaumont after its capture by German troops in 1940
References
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Cities in Wallonia
Municipalities of Hainaut (province)
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