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Orange Beach is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 6,436.

Orange Beach is home to the largest Charter Fishing Fleet on the Gulf of Mexico and a favorite vacation spot for many. The city was founded by boat builders and charter fishermen. For more information on the history of Orange Beach read, "The Best Place to Be- The Story of Orange Beach, Alabama" by Margaret Childress Long & Michael D. Shipler.

Orange Beach is fortunate to have so much in the way of artistic talent, including musicians, painters, photographers, sculptors and writers. To learn more about the artisans in Orange Beach please visit the Orange Beach Art Center or The Everything Orange Beach! Artists' Pages.

Orange Beach in the summer time can claim a tremendous population growth. At that time, the population can swell to well over 200,000 making it the fourth largest city in the state behind Birmingham, Mobile and Gulf Shores (Gulf Shores, adjacent to Orange Beach, can swell up to a population of 300,000 during the summer). In the summer of 2004, an estimated 678,098 non-residents of baldwin county were on Baldwin County beaches at one time (excluding the cities of Fairhope, Foley and Magnolia Springs which have inland beaches on the Intracoastal Waterway or Mobile Bay).

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