Benassay
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| local community | Boivre-la-Vallée | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Poitiers | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 34 ' N , 0 ° 3' E | |
| Post Code | 86470 | |
| Former INSEE code | 86021 | |
| Incorporation | 1st January 2019 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
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Benassay is a commune Déléguée in the French community Boivre-la-Vallée with 847 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The inhabitants are called Benasséens .
On January 1, 2019, the Benassay municipality merged with La Chapelle-Montreuil , Lavausseau and Montreuil-Bonnin to form the Commune nouvelle Boivre-la-Vallée. Since then it has had the status of a Commune déléguée. The municipality of Benassay belonged to the Arrondissement of Poitiers and the canton of Vouneuil-sous-Biard (until 2015: canton of Vouillé ).
geography
Benassay is about 23 kilometers west of Poitiers on the banks of the Boivre River . Benassay is surrounded by the villages of Latillé in the north, Lavausseau in the east, Curzay-sur-Vonne in the south, Sanxay in the south-west, Les Forges in the west and Vasles in the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 951 | 839 | 756 | 694 | 704 | 789 | 834 | 873 |
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Attractions
- Church of Nesde, monument historique since 1932
- Saint-Hilaire church
- Wash house
