Bessay

Bessay
region	Pays de la Loire
Department	Vendée
Arrondissement	Fontenay-le-Comte
Canton	Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
Community association	Sud Vendée Littoral
Coordinates	46 ° 32 ′  N , 1 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 32 ′  N , 1 ° 9 ′  W
height	2-48 m
surface	10.79 km 2
Residents	426 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	39 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	85320
INSEE code	85023
Town Hall ( Mairie ) of Bessay

Bessay is a French municipality with 426 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte and the canton of Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais . The inhabitants are called Bessayens .

geography

Bessay is located about 25 kilometers southeast of La Roche-sur-Yon am Lay . The Smagne delimits the municipality in the south. Bessay is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Moutiers-sur-le-Lay in the north, Sainte-Pexine in the east and northeast, Saint-Jean-de-Beugné in the southeast, Corpe in the south and Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais in the west.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	362	326	306	324	350	337	394	429
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bessay

• Saint-Jean-Baptiste church
• Bessay Castle from the 16th century, alterations from the 17th and 18th centuries, monument historique since 1947

Saint-Jean-Baptiste church

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Vendée. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-118-X , pp. 487-490.

Web links

Commons : Bessay  - collection of images, videos and audio files