Beaumont-en-Auge

Beaumont-en-Auge (, literally Beaumont in Auge) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. The town hosts one of the last kaleidoscope manufacturers in France.

Population

Notable people

• Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749–1827), mathematician, physicist, astronomer and philosopher.
• Jean-Charles Langlois (1789–1870), soldier and military commander during the Napoleonic Wars, painter of battles.

See also

• The brilliance of Beaumont-en-Auge; vintage and current images of the village with a short biography of Laplace
• Communes of the Calvados department

References