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Also known as Baume-sur-le-Doubs

Baume-les-Dames () 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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Place details

Locality
Baume-les-Dames
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Population
5,759

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8.2 µg/m³
PM10
12.3 µg/m³
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Key facts

French commune.name
Baume-les-Dames
French commune.commune status
Commune
French commune.image
Baume-les-Dames.JPG
French commune.caption
A general view of Baume-les-Dames
French commune.image coat of arms
Blason Baume-les-Dames.svg
French commune.INSEE
25047
French commune.postal code
25110
French commune.arrondissement
Besançon
French commune.canton
Baume-les-Dames
French commune.mayor
Arnaud Marthey
French commune.term
2020–2026
French commune.elevation min m
261
French commune.elevation max m
538
French commune.area km2
24.79

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Baume-les-Dames () 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== In 1973 the former commune of Champvans-lès-Baume was absorbed by Baume-les-Dames.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Baume-les-Dames” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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