Baye (Finistère)

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Baye
Bei
Baye (France)
Baye
region Brittany
Department Finistère
Arrondissement Quimper
Canton Quimperlé
Community association Quimperlé Community
Coordinates 47 ° 51 ′  N , 3 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 51 ′  N , 3 ° 36 ′  W
height 13-70 m
surface 7.29 km 2
Residents 1,149 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 158 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 29300
INSEE code
Website http://baye.lescigales.org/

Mairie Baye

Baye ( Breton Bei ) is a French commune with 1,149 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Finistère department .

location

The place is located in the south of Brittany near the Atlantic coast .

Quimperlé is four kilometers east, Lorient 21 kilometers southeast, Quimper 40 kilometers northwest and Paris about 450 kilometers northeast (as the crow flies ).

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2010 2017
Residents 438 414 547 781 895 912 1141 1149
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens church
Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens church

traffic

At Quimperlé, the next exit is on European route 60 (Brest- Nantes ) and a regional train station on the mostly parallel railway line.

The nearest regional airport is the Aéroport de Lorient Bretagne Sud near Lorient.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Finistère. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-039-6 , pp. 1329-1331.

Web links

Commons : Baye  - collection of images, videos and audio files