Barão de Cocais is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. Its population as of 2006 is estimated to be 25,333 people living in an altitude between 682 and 1425 meters. The area of the municipality is 340.675 km². The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Itabira.