Canton Beaumes-de-Venise Area 18.89 km² | Population (2006) 2,223 Local time Wednesday 6:06 AM | |
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Intercommunality Ventoux-Comtat Venaissin Weather 0°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 86% Humidity Points of interest Domaine Bouletin, Domaine La Ligière, Vignoble Alain IGNACE | ||
Beaumes-de-Venise (Occitan: Baumas de Venisa) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
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Map of 84190 Beaumes-de-Venise, France
Name
The word "beaumes" comes from the Provençal word bauma meaning "cave" or "grotto". The surrounding hills have many of these caves that were inhabited during the Iron Age.
Wine
The village gives its name to a sweet wine appellation, Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise. It also gives its name to a drier red wine, formerly Côtes du Rhone Villages Beaumes-de-Venise, now AC Beaumes-de-Venise.
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Beaumes-de-Venise Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA