Bayou La Batre

city in Mobile County, Alabama, USA

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Alabama
County: Mobile
Type: Mayor-Council
Mayor: Henry Barnes
Total: 7.63 sq mi (19.77 km )
Land: 7.49 sq mi (19.40 km )
Water: 0.14 sq mi (0.37 km )
Elevation: 10 ft (3.0 m)
Density: 294.3/sq mi (113.62/km )
Time zone: UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
Summer dst: UTC-5 (CDT)
Fips code: 01-04684

Article

Bayou La Batre (/ˌbaɪ.oʊ lə ˈbætri/ or locally /ˌbaɪlə ˈbætri/) is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Mobile metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,204, down from 2,558 at the 2010 census.

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.