Belle Fontaine, Mobile County, Alabama

Belle Fontaine, Alabama
Location in Mobile County, Alabama
Belle Fontaine
Belle Fontaine
Coordinates: 30°29′37″N 88°06′13″W / 30.49361°N 88.10361°W / 30.49361; -88.10361
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyMobile
Area
  Total
1.92 sq mi (4.96 km2)
  Land1.55 sq mi (4.02 km2)
  Water0.36 sq mi (0.94 km2)
Elevation
7 ft (2 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
613
  Density394.72/sq mi (152.38/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
36582
Area code251
GNIS feature ID113875
FIPS code01-05212

Belle Fontaine (/ˌbɛl fɒnˈtɛn/; French: [bɛl fɔ̃ˈtɛn] ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mobile County, Alabama, United States, on the western shore of Mobile Bay. It is located south of the city of Mobile, along the stretch of shore between the Deer River and the Fowl River. As of the 2020 census, its population was 613.

The Belle Fontaine shoreline experiences the occasional jubilee, a rare phenomenon in which fish and crustaceans swarm in the water, just off the beach.