Beaumont-en-Auge
Beaumont-en-Auge (, literally Beaumont in Auge) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. The town hosts one of the last kaleidoscope manufacturers in France. Population Notable people Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749–1827), mathematician, physicist, astronomer and philosopher. Jean-Charles Langlois (1789–1870), soldier and military commander during the Napoleonic Wars, painter of battles. See also The brilliance of Beaumont-en-Auge; vintage and current images of the village with a short biography of Laplace Communes of the Calvados department References Communes of Calvados (department) Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia Pierre-Simon Laplace