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Shrimp boats in Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Bayou La Batre (IPA pronunciation: [ˈbe. ju lə ˈbætʃ. ɹi]; pronounced Bah-you luh BAT-ree) is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It is included in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area. At the 2000 census the population was 2,313. W Crush 13 vs. According to the 2005 U. S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 2,725. [1]

Bayou La Batre is considered a fishing village, due to the relaxed pace of life in the area, and as a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats. The local Chamber of Commerce described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Our Ultimate Night Club Expeirence package is without question the largest sound, light and special effect show in Alabama. [1]

Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobile County mainland and was founded in 1786, when French-born Joseph Bouzage (Bosarge) [1733-1795] was awarded a 1,259-acre Spanish land grant on the West Bank of the bayou (see history below). The modern City of Bayou La Batre was incorporated in 1955.

Bayou La Batre was featured in the movie Forrest Gump and the book upon which it is based. In April 2005, Disney Studios launched a secretly built pirate ship, the Black Pearl, out of Bayou La Batre for filming sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl.

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