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.

In 1972 the former commune of Champvans-les-Baume was absorbed by Baume-les-Dames.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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 and INSEE (1975-2017)

• Communes of the Doubs department

• Official website (in French)