Baye, Finistère

Baye Bei
Commune
The town hall in Baye
Location of Baye
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Coordinates: 47°51′29″N 3°36′12″W / 47.8581°N 3.6033°W / 47.8581; -3.6033
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Finistère
Arrondissement	Quimper
Canton	Quimperlé
Intercommunality	CA Quimperlé Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Bozec[1]
Area 1	7.29 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,325
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	29005 /29300
Elevation	13–70 m (43–230 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Baye (French pronunciation: [bɛj]; Breton: Bei) is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France.

In French the inhabitants of Baye are known as Bayois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 380 —     1800 400 +0.74% 1806 347 −2.34% 1831 402 +0.59% 1836 482 +3.70% 1841 495 +0.53% 1846 547 +2.02% 1851 527 −0.74% 1856 492 −1.37% 1861 524 +1.27% 1866 590 +2.40% 1872 529 −1.80% 1876 530 +0.05% 1881 543 +0.49% 1886 600 +2.02% 1891 625 +0.82% 1896 619 −0.19% 1901 649 +0.95%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 615 −1.07% 1911 587 −0.93% 1921 540 −0.83% 1926 551 +0.40% 1931 549 −0.07% 1936 544 −0.18% 1946 503 −0.78% 1954 452 −1.33% 1962 438 −0.39% 1968 414 −0.93% 1975 547 +4.06% 1982 781 +5.22% 1990 895 +1.72% 1999 912 +0.21% 2009 1,122 +2.09% 2014 1,141 +0.34% 2020 1,281 +1.95%
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2020)[4]

Baye is located in the southeast of Finistère, 4 km (2.5 mi) west of Quimperlé, 21.5 km (13.4 mi) northwest of Lorient and 40 km (25 mi) east of Quimper. Historically, Baye belongs to Cornouaille.

Topographic map.

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  The parish church.
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  Mill in Baye.

• Communes of the Finistère department

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