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
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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.

Population

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In 1972 the former commune of Champvans-les-Baume was absorbed by Baume-les-Dames.[3]

Historical population
YearPop.±% 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%
YearPop.±% 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[3] and INSEE (1975-2017)[4]

See also

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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 légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Baume-les-Dames, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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