Bayet, Allier

Bayet is located some {{convert|36|km|abbr=on}} south of Moulins and {{convert|18|km|abbr=on}} north-west of Vichy.{{cite web|title=Quelques villes proches de Bayet|url=https://www.villorama.com/ville/bayet/villes-proches.html|website=villorama.com|access-date=21 March 2022|language=fr}} Access to the commune is by the D2009 (former N9) road from Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule in the north which passes through the commune east of the village and continues south to Le Mayet-d'École. The D6 branches off the D2009 in the commune and goes south-east to Saint-Didier-la-Forêt. Access to the village is by the D406 which branches off the D2009 in the commune and goes south-west to the village changing to the D519. The D183 goes south from the village to Barberier. The D219 comes from Chareil-Cintrat in the west and passes through the village before continuing east to join the D6. The D35 from Étroussat in the south-west to Saint-Pourcain-sur-Sioule passes through the west of the commune. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Nerignet, Le Marais, Les Echaloux, La Rue du Jo, Le Plaix, Le Chambon, and Les Bouillots. The commune is almost entirely farmland.

The railway line from La Ferté-Hauterive to Gannat once passed through the commune. It was the last line to have been commissioned by the Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée in 1932. It was closed to passenger traffic in 1938. The section between the stations of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule and Bayet was closed to freight traffic in 1960 and decommissioned in 1969 followed by a path being created in 1974.[http://www.lignes-oubliees.com/index.php?page=gannat Line from La Ferté-Hauterive to Gannat] (in French). Retrieved on 4 July 2015.

Bayet once had a station on this line. The passenger station was built "midway between the ends of the line, [...] comprising [...] a siding of 700 m length".{{cite web|title=Bulletin PLM n°23 de septembre 1932: Ouverture de la ligne de La Ferté-Hauterive à Gannat|trans-title=Bulletin PLM No. 32 of September 1932: Opening of the line from La Ferté-Hauterive to Gannat|url=http://wikiplm.railsdautrefois.fr/wikiPLM/index.php?title=Bulletin_PLM_N%C2%B0_23_de_septembre_1932:_Ouverture_de_ligne_de_La_Fert%C3%A9-Hauterive_%C3%A0_Gannat|website=WikiPLM|access-date=4 July 2015|language=fr}}

The Sioule river flows through the commune from south to north and continues north to join the Allier north-east of Contigny. The Bouble river flows from the west and through the western part of the commune as it flows north-east to join the Sioule on the commune border.

Bayet appears as Bayet on the 1750 Cassini Map and the same on the 1790 version.

The former commune of Martilly was merged with Bayet in 1807.

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List of Successive Mayors[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/chercher.php List of Mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}

In 2017 the commune had 698 inhabitants.

{{Historical populations

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|1793 |535

|1800 |584

|1806 |563

|1821 |1002

|1831 |1069

|1836 |1108

|1841 |1079

|1846 |1080

|1851 |1088

|1856 |1132

|1861 |1140

|1866 |1115

|1872 |1134

|1876 |1104

|1881 |1154

|1886 |1066

|1891 |1013

|1896 |956

|1901 |939

|1906 |965

|1911 |1002

|1921 |847

|1926 |809

|1931 |763

|1936 |738

|1946 |716

|1954 |729

|1962 |664

|1968 |607

|1975 |593

|1982 |528

|1990 |556

|1999 |606

|2007 |668

|2012 |684

|2017 |698

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Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Bayet and Allier Department in 2017

Source: INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-03018 Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Commune de Bayet (03018)][https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=DEP-03 Évolution et structure de la population en 2017: Département de l'Allier (03)]

The commune has a primary school which is part of the {{lang|fr|Académie de Clermont-Ferrand}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.education.gouv.fr/pid24302/annuaire-resultat-recherche.html?lycee_name=&localisation=1&ville_name=bayet|title=Schools in Bayet|website=French Ministry of National Education|language=fr}}

In 2011, the median household income tax amounted to €26,288, placing Bayet at the 22,612nd ranking of communes with more than 49 households in metropolitan France.[http://www.insee.fr/fr/ppp/bases-de-donnees/donnees-detaillees/structure-distrib-revenus/structure-distrib-revenus-2011/structure-distrib-revenus-com-2011.zip Page RFDM2011COM: Revenus fiscaux localisés des ménages - Year 2011], Insee (20MB) {{in lang|fr}}.

Local taxes applicable in Bayet are: housing tax 8.18%; property tax on built-up properties 8.44%, and Undeveloped properties 33.84%. These rates are unchanged compared in 2014The Municipal Council has voted on its budget, La Montagne, 21 April 2015, 18 pages, Vichy {{in lang|fr}} and in 2013 these figures were lower than the average of the stratum corresponding to communes from 500 to 2000 inhabitants. The community of communes to which Bayet belongs is not eligible for the property tax on buildings however the residential tax rate (10.89%) and the developed property (additional charge: 37.57%) exceed those of the commune.[http://www.collectivites-locales.gouv.fr/comptes-des-communes-et-des-groupements-a-fiscalite-propre-donnees-individuelles-millesimes-2000-a The accounts of communes and their groupings: individual data (from 2000 to 2013)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704172228/http://www.collectivites-locales.gouv.fr/comptes-des-communes-et-des-groupements-a-fiscalite-propre-donnees-individuelles-millesimes-2000-a |date=2015-07-04 }}, consulted on 25 July 2015 (click on 03 Allier > B > BAYET) {{in lang|fr}}

In 2012 the population aged 15–64 years was 430 people among which 77% were employable, 66.1% in employment and 10.8% were unemployed.EMP T1 – Population from 15 to 64 years by type of activity.

There were 446 jobs in the employment area. The number of active employed residing in the area being 287, the job concentration indicator is 155.5% which means that the commune offers more than one job per employable person.EMP T5 – Employment and Activity {{in lang|fr}}

On 1 January 2013 Bayet had 31 businesses: 10 in industry, 5 in construction, and 16 in trade, transport and other services. There were no businesses in the administrative sector.DEN T3 – Number of enterprises by sector of activity at 1 January 2013 {{in lang|fr}}

The commune has a Combined cycle gas electricity generator, the 3CB (for Central Combined Cycle Bayet), owned by the Swiss energy company Alpiq. It entered service in 2011 with a capacity of 408 megawatts. It produces annually an average of about 1.6 billion kWh, which is equivalent to the consumption of 400,000 homes.{{cite web|title=3CB : The Central Combined cycle of Bayet|url=http://www.alpiq.fr/images/alpiq-brochure-3CB_tcm101-92503.pdf|website=Alpiq.fr|access-date=25 July 2015|language=fr|format=PDF}} 3CB cost 300 million euros.{{cite news|last1=Ména|first1=Stéphanie|last2=Bigard|first2=Philippe|title=A semi-central nuclear reactor|work=La Montagne|date=12 November 2013|language=fr}} The installation in Bayet was due to the presence of a major high-voltage RTE substation and a GRTgas pipeline.

The Lucane energy plant, established since 1 April 1982, can "enhance the autonomy of municipal waste for 96000 Bourbonnais". This unit is on track to pass ISO 50001 certification.{{cite news|title=The Lucane works has blown its 33 candles|work=La Montagne|date=3 April 2015|location=Vichy|page=19|language=fr}}{{cite web|title=The Lucane UVE of Bayet 33 year anniversary|url=http://www.veolia.fr/medias/medias/actualites/l-uve-lucane-fete-ses-33-ans|website=Veolia.fr|access-date=25 July 2015|language=fr|date=30 March 2015}}

On 1 January 2015 the commune had no hotels,TOU T1 – Number and capacity of hotels on 1 January 2015 {{in lang|fr}} nor campsites,TOU T2 – Number and capacity of camp sites on 1 January 2015 {{in lang|fr}} or any other collective accommodation.TOU T3 – Number of other collective accommodations on 1 January 2015 {{in lang|fr}}

• The Church of Saint Marcel (12th century){{Mérimée Icon}} is registered as an historical monument.Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00092984|PA00092984 Church of Saint Marcel}} {{Camera}} {{in lang|fr}}

• Communes of the Allier department

{{Geographic location

| title = Neighbouring communes and villages

|Centre = Bayet

|North = Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule

|Northeast = Paray-sous-Briailles

|East = Loriges

|Southeast = Saint-Didier-la-Forêt

|South = Barberier

|Southwest = Fourilles

|West = Chareil-Cintrat

|Northwest = Montord

}}

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[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bayet,+France/@46.2494,3.2694,14z Bayet on Google Maps]

[http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=3.2694,46.2494&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Bayet on the Géoportail] from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}

[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=46.2494&lon=3.2694&zoom=13 Bayet on the 1750 Cassini Map]

[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/clipmosaiccassini400.html?lat=46.2494&lon=3.2694&zoom=12 Bayet on the 1790 Cassini Map]

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• [http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/dossier_complet.asp?codgeo=COM-03018 Commune of Bayet (03018) - Complete File], consulted on 4 July 2015 {{in lang|fr}}:

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