Le Bessat
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| region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Department | Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Etienne | |
| Canton | Le Pilat | |
| Community association | Monts du Pilat | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 23 ' N , 4 ° 26' E | |
| height | 700-1,308 m | |
| surface | 10.06 km 2 | |
| Residents | 446 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 44 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 42660 | |
| INSEE code | 42017 | |
| Website | http://mairie-le-bessat.fr/ | |
Le Bessat is a French municipality with 446 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Loire in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Étienne in the canton of Le Pilat (until 2015: canton of Saint-Genest-Malifaux ). The inhabitants are called Bessataires .
geography
Le Bessat is located about eleven kilometers southeast of the city center of Saint-Étienne in the historic Forez landscape on the Furan River , which rises here. Le Bessat is surrounded by the neighboring communities of La Valla-en-Gier in the north, Graix in the east and south-east, Thélis-la-Combe in the south and south-east, Tarentaise in the south and west and Planfoy in the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 190 | 192 | 206 | 211 | 250 | 414 | 437 | 417 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Claude church
Web links
Commons : Le Bessat - collection of images, videos and audio files
