Bessay
Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
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Bessay (French pronunciation: [bɛsɛ]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
Bessay | |
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Château de Bessay | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Bessay | |
  Bessay  Bessay | |
| Coordinates: 46°32′19″N 1°09′11″W | |
| 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[1] |
Area 1 | 10.79 km2 (4.17 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 456 |
| • Density | 42.3/km2 (109/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. | |
