Beaumes-de-Venise

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

(2020–2026) Jérôme Bouletin^[1]Area18.89 km² (7.29 sq mi)Population2,389 • Density130/km² (330/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation44–442 m (144–1,450 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Beaumes-de-Venise (French pronunciation: [bom də vəniz]; Occitan: Baumas de Venisa) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern 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.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,484	—
1975	1,631	+1.36%
1982	1,721	+0.77%
1990	1,784	+0.45%
1999	2,051	+1.56%
2007	2,238	+1.10%
2012	2,388	+1.31%
2017	2,409	+0.18%
Source: INSEE[3]

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 Beaumes de Venise AOC.

See also

• Dentelles de Montmirail
• Communes of the Vaucluse department

References