Baume-les-Dames
Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
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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.
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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 (2023)[2] | 5,155 |
| • Density | 207.9/km2 (538.6/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]
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