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Baume-les-Dames

Baume-les-Dames
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Coat of arms of Baume-les-Dames
Coat of arms
Baume-les-Dames is located in France
Baume-les-Dames
Baume-les-Dames
Coordinates: 47°21′10″N 6°21′39″E / 47.3528°N 6.3608°E / 47.3528; 6.3608Coordinates: 47°21′10″N 6°21′39″E / 47.3528°N 6.3608°E / 47.3528; 6.3608
Country France
Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department Doubs
Arrondissement Besançon
Canton Baume-les-Dames
Intercommunality Pays Baumois
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Augustin Guillot
Area1 24.79 km2 (9.57 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 5,291
 • Density 210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+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.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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 is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Charles-Émilien Thuriet (1832–1920), writer and poet, was born in Baume-les-Dames as well as the French archaeologist Gustave Fougères (1863–1927).



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