| Baume-les-Dames | |
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| Information | |
| Country |  France |
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| Area | 24,79 km² |
| Population | 4 977 hab. () |
| Density | 200,77 inhab./km² |
| Postal code | 25110 |
| Spindle | UTC 01:00, UTC 02:00 |
| Location | |
 47 ° 21 ′ 10 ″ N 6 ° 21 ′ 39 ″ E | |
| Official site | |
Baume-les-Dames is a capital of the canton of Doubs halfway between Montbeliard and Besancon, the city is at the heart of the region of Franche-Comte.
Understand
- On the banks of the Doubs
- On the national road N73
- On the highway A36, exit Nº5
- On the Dijon-Belfort railway line
To go
See
- The old town and its abbey VIIe century
- The great organs of the beginning XIXe century
- The 4 museums
- The quay on the banks of the Doubs, where the Marquis Jouffroy d'Abbans tried out the steamboat of his invention for the first time.
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Housing
Around
- Departing from the city, Pipe Bridge, the ecomuseum of the ropp pipes founded in 1895.
- Cubry and the castle of Bournel, the first part of which dates from 1735. Today it is an 18-hole park and in the old part of the castle, a hotel and a gourmet restaurant.
- Nans, a small village at the foot of a large cliff carved with caves where the inhabitants of the country took refuge during the Sarazins invasions.
- Rougemont, at 12 km to the north on the D492 in the direction of lure. Former feudal stronghold which dominates the whole valley of the Ognon, the city offers a certain tourist attraction, well marked hiking trails, and especially its "large flea market" on the last Sunday of July which attracts thousands of visitors.
- The Bonnal valley, a few km from Rougemont and at the limit of the Doubs and the Haute-Saone, offers in leisure center on 150 Ha with 4 bodies of water (old gravel pit) and a campsite.
- The val de Cusance, at 13 km S-Is on the D21 winding through the valley on 12 km along the blue waves of Cusancin. Pleasant walk to the "Source Bleue" and the "Source Noire" at the bottom of the circus. To taste the fried carp and especially the fried trout (a little expensive but delicious).
- The Cave of the Icebox (60 m bottom), pushing a little further in the direction of Pontarlier, at Chaux-les-Passavant and its Cistercian abbey of 1139, this cave with the peculiarity since the time of the Romans, and even before, to preserve a quantity of ice which forms naturally and which remains even in times of strong heat wave. Unfortunately global warming tends to cancel out this natural effect.
- The Belvoir Castle, between Montbéliard and Baume-lesDames, originally was a medieval fortress in the XIIe century, which dominates the entire valley of Sancey. Since 1956, owned by the family of Pierre Jouffroy, painter, who restored the castle and who exhibits there, in addition to his works, a fine collection of "Montbéliardais" style furniture and furniture made by the famous cabinetmaker Couleru, plus a collection of weapons and objects from the period . The castle is open to visitors from Easter to the last Sunday in October, on Sundays and public holidays and every day in July-August.
- The chapel houses the heart of Beatrix of Cusance born in the castle in 1614 and who married Charles IV.
- In the village, the radio and phonograph museum.
- Clerval, at 15 km from Baume-les-Dames on the RN 83, on the banks of the Doubs and the Rhône au Rhin canal, on exit N ° 6 of the motorway A36 and on the old Romain Besançon-Basel route. This charming little village preserves some vestiges of rich Roman dwellings, the remains of the fortress of Montfort (historical monument) and some beautiful houses of XVIe century.
