Beaumont, Belgium

Municipality in French Community, Belgium

Beaumont Biômont (Walloon)
Municipality

Flag Coat of arms
Location of Beaumont
Beaumont Location in Belgium Location of Beaumont in Hainaut
Coordinates: 50°14′N 04°14′E / 50.233°N 4.233°E / 50.233; 4.233
Country	Belgium
Community	French Community
Region	Wallonia
Province	Hainaut
Arrondissement	Thuin
Government
• Mayor	Bruno Lambert (cdH) (ICI)
• Governing party/ies	Intérêts Communaux Indépendants (ICI)
Area
• Total	93.48 km² (36.09 sq mi)
Population (2018-01-01)^[1]
• Total	7,137
• Density	76/km² (200/sq mi)
Postal codes	6500, 6511
NIS code	56005
Area codes	071
Website	www.beaumont.be

Beaumont (French pronunciation: [bomɔ̃] ^ⓘ; Walloon: Biômont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, on the border with France.

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: Barbençon, Beaumont, Leugnies, Leval-Chaudeville, Renlies, Solre-Saint-Géry, Strée, and Thirimont.

The Tour Salamandre, an 11th-century donjon, is the only remaining part of the Château de Beaumont, seat of the Croÿ family. 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.