Bessay

Bessay
Commune
Coat of arms
show Location of Bessay Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap
Bessay Bessay Show map of FranceShow map of Pays de la LoireShow all
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
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marie Soulard
Area 1	10.79 km2 (4.17 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	433
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (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.

Bessay (French pronunciation: ​[bɛsɛ]) 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.

See also[]

• Communes of the Vendée department

References[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bessay.

This Vendée geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

• v
• t