Beaucourt

Beaucourt
Commune
Château Albert Japy

Coat of arms
Beaucourt
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
Beaucourt
Coordinates: 47°29′12″N 6°55′34″E / 47.4867°N 6.9261°E / 47.4867; 6.9261Coordinates: 47°29′12″N 6°55′34″E / 47.4867°N 6.9261°E / 47.4867; 6.9261
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Territoire de Belfort
Arrondissement Belfort
Canton Delle
Intercommunality Sud Territoire
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Cédric Perrin
Area1 4.95 km2 (1.91 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 5,095
  Density 1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 90009 /90500
Elevation 375–575 m (1,230–1,886 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Beaucourt is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. The archivist and palaeographer Élie Berger (1850–1925) was born in Beaucourt.

Literature

Beaucourt Revisited is a war poem by A.P. Herbert.

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