Bais, Ille-et-Vilaine

Bais
Baès (Gallo)
Baez (Breton)
Saint Mars church
Location of Bais
Bais
Bais
Coordinates: 48°00′41″N 1°17′21″W / 48.0114°N 1.2892°W / 48.0114; -1.2892
CountryFrance
RegionBrittany
DepartmentIlle-et-Vilaine
ArrondissementFougères-Vitré
CantonLa Guerche-de-Bretagne
IntercommunalityCA Vitré Communauté
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Nathalie Clouet
Area
1
35.18 km2 (13.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
2,511
  Density71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
35014 /35680
Elevation47–109 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 (French pronunciation: []; 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.