Bessay

Bessay
Commune
Coat of arms
Bessay
Location within Pays de la Loire region  Bessay
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	La Roche-sur-Yon
Canton	Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais
Intercommunality	Pays mareuillais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yvon Guilbot
Area1	10.79 km2 (4.17 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	401
• Density	37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bessay is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.

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.