Le Bessat

Le Bessat

Le Bessat
Administration
Country France
Region Rhône-Alpes
Department Loire
Arrondissement Saint-Étienne
Canton Saint-Genest-Malifaux
Intercommunality Communauté de communes des Monts du Pilat
Mayor Robert Tardy
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 700–1,308 m (2,300–4,291 ft)
(avg. 1,170 m/3,840 ft)
Land area1 10.06 km2 (3.88 sq mi)
Population2 414  (1999)
 - Density 41 /km2 (110 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 42017/ 42660
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Le Bessat is a commune in the Loire department in central France.

See also