Le Béage (French pronunciation: [lə beaʒ]; Occitan: Lo Biatge) is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France.

The D302 goes south to Cros-de-Géorand while the D377 goes north-east changing to the D378A in the commune then to the D36 at the departmental border and continues to Les Estables in the north.

Montpezat-sous-Bauzon in Monastier has a very old road coming from the Rhone valley called Chemin du Pal.

After the French Revolution royalists were still very numerous in the area and troops from Puy-en-Velay came to reinforce the local forces to maintain order.

Many fairs and markets drew large crowds to Le Béage where most inhabitants were at the same time farmers, traders, freight carriers, and often owners of public houses.

This trade suggests that the origins of Le Béage date far back in time as for some names: "Chazales", de Casa, Casals.

There are several hypotheses on the origin of the name: it may have simply come from Le Péage (The Toll) but the most probable hypothesis refers to the ancient road that divides the interior of the village and Le Béage "Bizadge" (old dialect) or "Lou biadgé" (recent dialect) would mean a village with two paths which agrees quite well with the ancient trade Béage.