Beaulieu-sur-Mer

Beaulieu-sur-Mer (French: [boljø syʁ mɛʁ]; Occitan: Bèuluec de Mar; Italian: Belluogo; "Beautiful place [by the Sea]") is a seaside village on the French Riviera between Nice and Monaco. It is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department and borders the communes of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Èze, and Villefranche-sur-Mer.

For other uses, see Beaulieu.

Beaulieu-sur-Mer

Bèuluec de Mar  (Occitan)
Commune
Beaulieu-sur-Mer, seen from Saint-Hospice
Coat of arms
Location of Beaulieu-sur-Mer
Beaulieu-sur-Mer
Beaulieu-sur-Mer
Coordinates: 43°42′18″N 7°19′48″E
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentAlpes-Maritimes
ArrondissementNice
CantonBeausoleil
IntercommunalityMétropole Nice Côte d'Azur
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Roger Roux[1]
Area
1
0.92 km2 (0.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[2]
3,715
 • Density4,000/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
06011 /06310
Elevation0–189 m (0–620 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Beaulieu-sur-Mer today

Today Beaulieu-sur-Mer is known as a beautiful Mediterranean resort village with quality marina facilities. It is also known as the site of the Villa Kerylos, and a nice place for retirement.

Sister cities

Beaulieu-sur-Mer is a sister city of Tempe, Arizona. Every year, four French students are paired with four American students, and they each spend five weeks in one another's country. This student exchange is with the Tempe Sister Cities organization, which has been voted "Best Overall Sister City Program" in both 1998 and 2004.

Beaulieu-Sur-Mer served as the fictional town of "Beaumont-Sur-Mer" in the hit 1988 film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and the 2019 film The Hustle.

Also appeared in the children's book Street Fair by Marjorie Fischer.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
20063,714—    
20073,720+0.2%
20083,742+0.6%
20093,749+0.2%
20103,761+0.3%
20113,762+0.0%
20123,764+0.1%
20133,734−0.8%
20143,745+0.3%
20153,726−0.5%
20163,721−0.1%

Sights
View of the port of Beaulieu-sur-Mer

The Villa Kerylos is a structure on a low rocky promontory by the sea. It was built at the beginning of the 20th century by the archeologist Théodore Reinach and is in the style of an ancient Greek villa at the time of Pericles. The Villa was bequeathed to the Institute of France in 1928. It is currently classified as a historical monument.

See also

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

Coolidge, William (1911). "Beaulieu" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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