Country France Department Isère Canton Roybon Area 8.69 km² | Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Arrondissement Grenoble Intercommunality Pays de Chambaran Population 415 (1999) | |
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Beaufort is a French commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-eastern France.
Contents
- Map of 38270 Beaufort France
- Geography
- Mapping
- Toponymy
- Administration
- Demography
- Culture and heritage
- Notable people linked to the commune
- References
Map of 38270 Beaufort, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Beaufortois or Beaufortoises.
Geography
Beaufort is located some 50 km north-east of Grenoble and 8 km east of Beaurepaire. Access to the commune is by the D73 road which changes to the D519D then the D519 from Lapeyrouse-Mornay in the east which passes through the commune north of the village and continues east, changing again to the D519, to Marcilloles. Access to the village is by the D73C which branches from the D73 in the commune and continues south to join the D130 just outside the commune. the D156B branches from the D73 in the commune and goes south-east to Thodure. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Bas Beaufort and Chantabot. The commune is entirely farmland.
La Raille stream flows through the commune from north-west to south-east where it continues to join the Torrent de la Perouse at Viriville. In the north-west of the commune are canals and ponds for a fish farm.
Mapping
A list of online mapping systems can be displayed by clicking on the coordinates (latitude and longitude) in the top right hand corner of this article.
Toponymy
Beaufort appears as Beaufort on the 1750 Cassini Map and the same on the 1790 version.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
(Not all data is known)
Demography
In 2012 the commune had 999 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.
Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)