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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
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Location of Baume-les-Dames
Baume-les-Dames is located in France
Baume-les-Dames
Baume-les-Dames
Location within France
Baume-les-Dames is located in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Baume-les-Dames
Baume-les-Dames
Location within Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
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 (20202026) Arnaud Marthey[1]
Area
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24.79 km2 (9.57 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
5,155
  Density207.9/km2 (538.6/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.

Population

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

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References

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  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 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  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 municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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