Baume-les-Dames | |
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Coordinates: 47°21′10″N 6°21′39″E / 47.3528°N 6.3608°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Doubs |
Arrondissement | Besançon |
Canton | Baume-les-Dames |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Arnaud Marthey[1] |
Area 1 | 24.79 km2 (9.57 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 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 (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.