L'Anse is a village in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Baraga County. The population was 2,011 at the 2010 census. The village is located within L'Anse Township. In French, L'Anse roughly translates as "the cove," a reference to its location on Keweenaw Bay, at the base of the Keweenaw Peninsula. French explorers sighted the location of L'Anse in the 17th century.