Baume-les-Dames

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.

Baume-les-Dames
Commune
A general view of Baume-les-Dames
Coat of arms
Location of Baume-les-Dames
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Coordinates: 47°21′10″N 6°21′39″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  (2022)[2]	5,064
• Density	200/km2 (530/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.

Population

In 1973 the former commune of Champvans-lès-Baume was absorbed by Baume-les-Dames.^[3]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 2,220 —     1800 2,300 +0.51% 1806 2,160 −1.04% 1821 2,173 +0.04% 1831 2,467 +1.28% 1836 2,519 +0.42% 1841 2,543 +0.19% 1846 2,561 +0.14% 1851 2,587 +0.20% 1856 2,615 +0.22% 1861 2,577 −0.29% 1866 2,562 −0.12% 1872 2,463 −0.65% 1876 2,762 +2.91% 1881 2,821 +0.42% 1886 2,841 +0.14% 1891 2,555 −2.10% 1896 2,991 +3.20%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,134 +0.94% 1906 3,257 +0.77% 1911 3,280 +0.14% 1921 3,147 −0.41% 1926 3,161 +0.09% 1931 3,043 −0.76% 1936 2,898 −0.97% 1946 2,876 −0.08% 1954 3,003 +0.54% 1962 4,038 +3.77% 1968 4,914 +3.33% 1975 5,531 +1.70% 1982 5,303 −0.60% 1990 5,237 −0.16% 1999 5,384 +0.31% 2007 5,333 −0.12% 2012 5,291 −0.16% 2017 5,063 −0.88%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1975-2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Doubs department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes), Journal officiel de la République française n° 0008, 10 January 1973, pp. 479-480.
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Baume-les-Dames, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Official website (in French)