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
A general view of Baume-les-Dames
Coat of arms of Baume-les-Dames
Coat of arms
Location of Baume-les-Dames
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
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentDoubs
ArrondissementBesançon
CantonBaume-les-Dames
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Arnaud Marthey[1]
Area
1
24.79 km2 (9.57 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
4,984
 • 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.

Population

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

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  3. 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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