Bais, Ille-et-Vilaine

Bais

Baez
Bais Baez
Commune
	Saint Mars church
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 48°00′41″N 1°17′21″W / 48.0114°N 1.2892°WCoordinates: 48°00′41″N 1°17′21″W / 48.0114°N 1.2892°W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Ille-et-Vilaine
Arrondissement	Fougères-Vitré
Canton	La Guerche-de-Bretagne
Intercommunality	CA Vitré Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nathalie Clouet
Area 1	35.18 km2 (13.58 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	2,430
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	35014 /35680
Elevation	47–109 m (154–358 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bais (Breton: 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 population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,095	—
1975	2,022	−0.51%
1982	1,913	−0.79%
1990	1,821	−0.61%
1999	1,928	+0.64%
2007	2,020	+0.58%
2012	2,152	+1.27%
2017	2,419	+2.37%
Source: INSEE^[3]

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 , bishop of Nantes in the sixth century, who became a hermit in the neighboring village of .^[4]