Beaucourt

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Coat of arms

Location of Beaucourt

(2020–2026) Thomas Biétry^[1]Area

4.95 km² (1.91 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,005 • Density1,000/km² (2,600/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

90009 /90500

Elevation375–575 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.

Beaucourt (French pronunciation: [bokuʁ]) 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.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,924	—
1975	5,521	+1.65%
1982	5,682	+0.41%
1990	5,569	−0.25%
1999	5,348	−0.45%
2007	5,013	−0.81%
2012	5,153	+0.55%
2017	5,007	−0.57%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Literature

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

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE