Bayou La Batre, Alabama
| Bayou La Batre, Alabama | |
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| Town | |
 Location in Mobile County in the state of Alabama |
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| Coordinates: 30°24′11″N 88°14′53″W / 30.40306°N 88.24806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Mobile |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.8 km2 (4.1 sq mi) |
| • Land | 10.4 km2 (4 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.4 km2 (0.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,558 |
| • Density | 214.2/km2 (564.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 36509 |
| Area code(s) | 251 |
| FIPS code | 01-04684 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0113605 |
| Website | City of Bayou La Batre Website |
Bayou La Batre (/ˌbaɪ.oʊ lə ˈbætri/ or local /ˌbaɪlə ˈbætri/) is a town in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It is included in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area. At the 2000 census, the population was 2,313. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2,558.
Bayou La Batre is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats. The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats.
Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobile County mainland and was founded in 1786, when French-born Joseph Bouzage (Bosarge) [1733-1795] was awarded a 1,259-acre (509 ha) Spanish land grant on the West Bank of the bayou (see history below). The modern City of Bayou La Batre was incorporated in 1955.
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