Bayou La Batre 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.
Aerial view of Bayou La Batre from the harbor entrance on the Gulf of Mexico.
A fishing boat at the dock
Cargo ship and boats aground at Bayou La Batre after Hurricane Katrina. The M/V Caribbean Clipper (left) was unloaded by crane six months later and refloated.
Mobile County is located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the third-most populous county in the state after Jefferson and Madison counties. As of the 2020 census, its population was 414,809. Its county seat is Mobile, which was founded as a deepwater port on the Mobile River. The only such port in Alabama, it has long been integral to the economy for providing access to inland waterways as well as the Gulf of Mexico.
Mobile Government Plaza in Mobile
Aerial view of the Mobile River at its confluence with Chickasaw Creek. This photograph was taken around 1990, during construction of the Cochrane-Africatown bridge carrying U.S. Route 90 across the river.
Interstate 10 entering the Wallace Tunnel in Mobile, Alabama.
