Beaumont, Haute-Savoie


Beaumont is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, southeastern France.
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Geography

Beaumont is a village situated in Haute-Savoie, in the Savoyard region of Geneva.
It is located at the foot of Salève, a mountain in the Pre-Alps whose highest point is on the territory of the commune.
The commune is made up of three former communes: Beaumont, Jussy and Le Châble.
The municipality is organized into two distinct parts:
- the “Haut”, located on the first slopes of the Salève, and which corresponds to the capital of Beaumont, with the church and the cemetery, and all the surrounding localities ;
- the “Bas”, located really at the foot of Salève, made up of the hamlet Le Châble, which is larger and more populated than Beaumont itself. There is the primary school, the Beaumont town hall, the post office, the press, the pharmacy, playgrounds, small shops.
Le Châble is divided into three districts: Grand Châble, Les Eplanes, and le Martinet, which only includes the Juge-Guerin activity zone.
Beaumont is located approximately 8 km from Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, 15 km from Geneva, and 30 km from Annecy.