Bessay

Bessay
Commune

Coat of arms
Bessay
Location within Pays de la Loire region
Bessay
Coordinates: 46°32′19″N 1°09′11″W / 46.5386°N 1.1531°W / 46.5386; -1.1531Coordinates: 46°32′19″N 1°09′11″W / 46.5386°N 1.1531°W / 46.5386; -1.1531
Country France
Region Pays de la Loire
Department Vendée
Arrondissement Fontenay-le-Comte
Canton Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
Intercommunality Pays mareuillais
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Yvon Guilbot
Area1 10.79 km2 (4.17 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 401
  Density 37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 85023 /85320
Elevation 2–48 m (6.6–157.5 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bessay is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

Geography

The river Smagne forms all of the commune's southern border, then flows into the Lay, which flows southwestward through the north-western part of the commune.

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