Baye, Finistère
Baye
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The town hall in Baye | |
Location of Baye | |
Baye Baye | |
| Coordinates: 47°51′29″N 3°36′12″W / 47.8581°N 3.6033°W | |
| 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 (2022)[2] | 1,363 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (480/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.
Population
In French the inhabitants of Baye are known as Bayois.
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Geography
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.
Map
Gallery
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The parish church.
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Mill in Baye.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Baye, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baye (Finistère).
- Mayors of Finistère Association Archived 2021-03-18 at the Wayback Machine (in French);