Bais, Ille-et-Vilaine

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Bais

|native name = {{native name|mis|paren=no|Baès}} (Gallo)
{{native name|br|Baez}}

|commune status = Commune

|image = Bais (35) Église Saint-Marse Façade sud 61.jpg

|caption = Saint Mars church

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Bais (Ille-et-Vilaine).svg

|coordinates = {{coord|48.0114|-1.2892|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|INSEE = 35014

|postal code = 35680

|arrondissement = Fougères-Vitré

|canton = La Guerche-de-Bretagne

|mayor = Nathalie Clouet{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CA Vitré Communauté

|elevation min m = 47

|elevation max m = 109

|area km2 = 35.18

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

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Bais ({{IPA|fr|bɛ}}; {{langx|br|Baez}}; Gallo: Baès) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. The writer Anne de Tourville (1910–2004), winner of the 1951 Prix Femina, was born in Bais.

Population

{{Historical populations

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1968|2095|

1975|2022|

1982|1913|

1990|1821|

1999|1928|

2007|2020|

2012|2152|

2017|2419

| source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-35014#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

| percentages = pagr

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Inhabitants of Bais are called Baiséens in French.

Sights

Gallo-Roman remains have been discovered that date from the first century AD.

The church of Saint Mars was built primarily in the 16th century, with expansion in the 19th century. It is dedicated to Saint Mars, bishop of Nantes in the sixth century, who became a hermit in the neighboring village of Marsé.Official site

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See also

References

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