Beaumais

Beaumais ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Its Church of the Nativity dates from the 11th century, and chateau dates from the 16th century.

Geography

The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Cantepie, La Rue, La Noé, Japigny and Beaumais.<ref name="gmap">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Four rivers the Dives (river), La Filaine, Le Trainefeuille and La Gronde rivers flow through the commune, plus a stream the Monceaux.<ref>Template:Sandre</ref><ref>Template:Sandre</ref><ref>Template:Sandre</ref><ref>Template:Sandre</ref><ref>Template:Sandre</ref>

Points of Interest

National Heritage sites

The commune has two buildings listed as a Monument historique.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• Château à Beaumais - a sixteenth centaury chateau, listed as a Monument historique in 1933.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• église de la Nativité Notre Dame - A church built in 1107 by Richard de Belmeis in 1107 after the original church burnt down.<ref name="MHchurch">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See also

• Communes of the Calvados department