Baume-les-Messieurs

Baume-les-Messieurs
Coat of arms
Baume-les-Messieurs
Location within Franche-Comté region Baume-les-Messieurs
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Jura
Arrondissement	Lons-le-Saunier
Canton	Voiteur
Intercommunality	Jura Dolois
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Pascal Cardinal
Area1	13.09 km2 (5.05 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	197
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	39041 / 39210
Elevation	277–572 m (909–1,877 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Baume-les-Messieurs is a commune in the Jura department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

The village lies within the most extensive of the steephead valleys of the Jura escarpment, the Reculée de Baume. It is therefore almost surrounded by limestone cliffs about 200m high. The River Seille has its source within the Reculée and flows through the village. A short tributary of the Seille, the River Dard, merges with the Seille at Baume; at the source of the Dard, also within the Reculée, there is a notable series of caves.

The village is dominated by the former Baume Abbey, and in consequence has a significant tourist trade, though this mainly involves day visitors. Conducted tours both of the abbey and of the Dard caves are offered. The GR 59 long-distance footpath passes through the village.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	222	—
1968	231	+4.1%
1975	202	−12.6%
1982	174	−13.9%
1990	196	+12.6%
1999	194	−1.0%
2006	208	+7.2%
2009	197	−5.3%

See also

• Baume Abbey
• Communes of the Jura department

References

• INSEE statistics

External links

• Tourist information for the upper Seille valley (in French)