Baye, Finistère

Baye Bei
The town hall in Baye
Baye
Location within Brittany region  Baye
Coordinates: 47°51′29″N 3°36′12″W / 47.8581°N 3.6033°WCoordinates: 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	Pays de Quimperlé
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Philippe Le Tenier
Area^1	7.29 km^2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	1,104
• Density	150/km^2 (390/sq mi)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Baye (Breton: Bei) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

Inhabitants of Baye are called Bayois.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	380	—
1800	400	+5.3%
1806	347	−13.2%
1831	402	+15.9%
1836	482	+19.9%
1841	495	+2.7%
1846	547	+10.5%
1851	527	−3.7%
1856	492	−6.6%
1861	524	+6.5%
1866	590	+12.6%
1872	529	−10.3%
1876	530	+0.2%
1881	543	+2.5%
1886	600	+10.5%
1891	625	+4.2%
1896	619	−1.0%
1901	649	+4.8%
1906	615	−5.2%
1911	587	−4.6%
1921	540	−8.0%
1926	551	+2.0%
1931	549	−0.4%
1936	544	−0.9%
1946	503	−7.5%
1954	452	−10.1%
1962	438	−3.1%
1968	414	−5.5%
1975	547	+32.1%
1982	781	+42.8%
1990	895	+14.6%
1999	922	+3.0%
2008	1,104	+19.7%

See also

• Communes of the Finistère department

References

• INSEE

• Mayors of Finistère Association (French);

External links

• French Ministry of Culture list for Baye (French)