Beaumes-de-Venise (French pronunciation: [bomdəvəniz] ; Occitan : Baumas de Venisa) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
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.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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] |
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