Beaumont (BE)

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Beaumont is a Walloon municipality (7,137 inhabitants end 2017) located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, on the border with France.

The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Beaumont proper, Barbençon, Leugnies, Leval-Chaudeville, Renlies, Solre-Saint-Géry, Thirimont, and Strée.

The Tour Salamandre, an 11th-century donjon, is the most remarkable remains of the ancient fortifications of Beaumont.

Postal history before 1910

The BEAUMONT post office opened before 1830. It used codes 14 and 32 in points. The STREE post office opened on 26 July 1875. The SOLRE-SAINT-GERY post office opened on 25 April 1899.

Postmarks after 1950

Postal codes 6500 - 651 (Strée)

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Baudouin period (1950-1993)

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Postmarks before 1950

Leopold III period

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Circle BEAUMONT B with points in 1949.

Albert I period

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Leopold II period

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Leopold I period

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Covers

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