Baume-les-Dames

Baume-les-Dames
Commune
A general view of Baume-les-Dames A general view of Baume-les-Dames
Coat of arms of Baume-les-Dames Coat of arms
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Doubs
Arrondissement	Besançon
Canton	Baume-les-Dames
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Arnaud Marthey
Area1	24.79 km2 (9.57 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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.

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%	Year Pop. ±% 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

External links

• Official website