Baume-les-Dames

Baume-les-Dames
A general view of Baume-les-Dames
A general view of Baume-les-Dames
Coat of arms of Baume-les-Dames
Location of Baume-les-Dames
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Baume-les-Dames is located in France
Baume-les-Dames
Baume-les-Dames
Baume-les-Dames is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Baume-les-Dames
Baume-les-Dames
Coordinates: 47°21′10″N 6°21′39″E / 47.3528°N 6.3608°E / 47.3528; 6.3608
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentDoubs
ArrondissementBesançon
CantonBaume-les-Dames
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Arnaud Marthey[1]
Area
1
24.79 km2 (9.57 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
4,991
 • Density200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
25047 /25110
Elevation261–538 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 (French pronunciation: [bom le dam]) 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.

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.