Beaumont from Pertuis


5 km from Mirabeau, 7 km from Corbières, 8 km from La Bastide des Jourdans, 10 km from Pierrevert, 13 km from Villemus, 14 km from La Bastidonne, 19 km from Pertuis, 26 km from Manosque GPS : Longitude : 5.690556 E - Latitude : 43.738056 N Altitude : 368 m Nombre d'habitants : 1019 During the Middle Ages, the village, located on a very busy thoroughfare, was a prosperous town with over one thousand inhabitants - a rarity in those days. Beaumont used to be protected by ramparts, and you can still see a great many remains of those fortifications. The site of the chapel of Sainte-Croix (524m above sea level) affords superb views over the Montagne from Lure, as well as over the Durance and Luberon valleys. Do not miss the village symbols, the statue and grotto of Saint-Eucher into which a chapel has been built. At the crossroads of four departments (Vaucluse, Alpes from Haute Provence, Var and Bouches du Rhône), Beaumont from Pertuis is set in the Luberon Regional Nature Park.

What to see, what to visit: chapel Notre Dame de Beauvoir, church Romance Saint-Jean-Baptist (altered in 1708), Gorges of the Verdon, the Lake from Sainte-Croix. Activities available: mountain-biking circuits, horse riding, swiming, fishing...

Provencal market: samedi matin. Festivités : fête communale le 1er dimanche de mai. Fête patronale le dernier dimanche d'août. Pèlerinage à l'ermitage Saint-Eucher le lundi de Pentecôte.