Baume-les-Dames

Baume-les-Dames
Commune
A general view of Baume-les-Dames
Coat of arms
Location of Baume-les-Dames
Baume-les-Dames Baume-les-Dames
Coordinates: 47°21′10″N 6°21′39″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Doubs
Arrondissement	Besançon
Canton	Baume-les-Dames
Intercommunality	Pays Baumois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Augustin Guillot
Area 1	24.79 km2 (9.57 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	4,991
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	25047 /25110
Elevation	261–538 m (856–1,765 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Baume-les-Dames is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. The French mineralogist and chemist Jacques-Joseph Ébelmen (1814–1852), the writer and poet Charles-Émilien Thuriet (1832–1920) and the archaeologist Gustave Fougères (1863–1927) were all born in Baume-les-Dames.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	2,220	—
1800	2,300	+3.6%
1806	2,160	−6.1%
1821	2,173	+0.6%
1831	2,467	+13.5%
1836	2,519	+2.1%
1841	2,543	+1.0%
1846	2,561	+0.7%
1851	2,587	+1.0%
1856	2,615	+1.1%
1861	2,577	−1.5%
1866	2,562	−0.6%
1872	2,463	−3.9%
1876	2,762	+12.1%
1881	2,821	+2.1%
1886	2,841	+0.7%
1891	2,555	−10.1%
1896	2,991	+17.1%
1901	3,134	+4.8%
1906	3,257	+3.9%
1911	3,280	+0.7%
1921	3,147	−4.1%
1926	3,161	+0.4%
1931	3,043	−3.7%
1936	2,898	−4.8%
1946	2,876	−0.8%
1954	3,003	+4.4%
1962	4,038	+34.5%
1968	4,914	+21.7%
1975	5,531	+12.6%
1982	5,303	−4.1%
1990	5,237	−1.2%
1999	5,384	+2.8%
2008	5,317	−1.2%
2012	5,291	−0.5%

See also

• Communes of the Doubs department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official website (in French)