Bayou La Batre, Alabama
Bayou La Batre, Alabama | |
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Flag Seal | |
Location of in Mobile County, Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 30°24′34″N 88°15′05″W / 30.40944°N 88.25139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Mobile |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-Council |
| • Mayor | Henry Barnes |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.63 sq mi (19.77 km2) |
| • Land | 7.49 sq mi (19.40 km2) |
| • Water | 0.14 sq mi (0.37 km2) |
| Elevation | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,204 |
| • Density | 294.3/sq mi (113.62/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 36509 |
| Area code | 251 |
| FIPS code | 01-04684 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2403828 |
| Website | cityofbayoulabatre |
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.