Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
1,369 people call this town in Finistère, Brittany home.
School results are strong: bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 1.8 points below the expected rate. Households here earn well: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 5.3% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car: just over three quarters of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €2,188/m²: 70 m² comes to 5.9 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Quimperlé Communauté.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Baye has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Baye with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Baye has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Baye as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Manoir de Kernault, in Mellac, 2.2 mi away.
4.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Baye.
Half of residents lived on more than €28,020 a year per consumption unit, above Finistère’s towns (€26,720) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. 3.6% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Of those in the labour force, 5.3% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Baye, 93.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, close to Finistère’s towns (94.1%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.4 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège la VillemarquéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 114 | 91%−3 pts |
| Lycée Notre-Dame de Kerbertrand PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 88 | 99%+1 pt |
| Collège Parc Ar C'Hoat - Yves CottyBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 87 | 98%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Finistère: 84.8 years for women and 79 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Baye come to 97 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 117 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 113, 3% fewer.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Children under 15 make up 19%, above both Finistère’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). 24% of residents have reached 65. The median resident of Baye is 46.2 years old.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
| Baye | Finistère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Finistère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,188/m², comes from 33 sales of houses and apartments in Baye from July 2023 to June 2026. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €11.53/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,188/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Baye was other physical violence (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.4 cases of violence against people and 6.3 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and criminal damage, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 100.0% of the index here.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Baye. Best known first.
AttractionManoir de Kernault3.5 km north, in Mellac
MuseumPrésidial de Quimperlé5 km east, in QuimperléMuseumMuseumCouvent des Ursulines de Quimperlé4.7 km east, in QuimperléAttractionAttractionMaison, 4 rue Dom-Morice5 km east, in QuimperléMuseumMuseumMaison des Archers5 km east, in QuimperléPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Baye is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Baye yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baye | 1,369 | — | — | B− | — | C |
| Quimperlé | 12,469 | 2.8 | C | C+ | C− | D |
| Mellac | 3,404 | 3 | — | B− | — | C |
| Moëlan-sur-Mer | 6,749 | 4.1 | B+ | C | A | D |
| Riec-sur-Bélon | 4,376 | 4.2 | B+ | B− | A+ | C |
| Clohars-Carnoët | 4,708 | 5.2 | B− | C | A | C |
| Rédené | 3,043 | 6.1 | — | C+ | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Baye has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 79% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,188/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.46/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Baye grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Finistère, Brittany
Baye is a commune of 1,369 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Quimperlé Communauté. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.