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Benet is a commune in France, situated within the canton of Maillezais and the arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte in the Vendée department. It is part of the Pays de la Loire region and shares borders with Saint-Pompain, Coulon, Saint-Rémy, and Le Vanneau-Irleau. The commune was established on January 1, 1973, and has an area of 50.01 square kilometers. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 84 meters.
The population of Benet is 4,106, comprising 1,943 males and 2,068 females. The postal code for the area is 85490. Benet is twinned with Sundern (Sauerland).
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Place details
- Locality
- Benet
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3,471
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Department
- Vendée
- Arrondissement
- Fontenay-le-Comte
- Canton
- Fontenay-le-Comte
- Mayor 2023 2026
- Camille Fontaine
- Area
- 50.01 km (19.31 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 4,089
- Density
- 81.76/km (211.8/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 85020 /85490
- Elevation
- 44 m (144 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Benet
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte
- Population
- 4089
- Area
- 50.01
- Elevation
- 31
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Rives-d'Autise
- Official website
- www.mairie-benet.fr
- Image
- Église Sainte-Eulalie de Benet (3).jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Sundern (Sauerland)
- Commons category
- Benet
- postal code
- 85490
- associated electoral district
- canton of Fontenay-le-Comte
- male population
- 1943
- female population
- 2068
- inception
- 1973-01-01
- native label
- Benet
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-2-51-00-96-26
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Encyclopedic overview
Benet ( French pronunciation: [bənɛ]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
The former communes of Lesson, Sainte-Christine and Aziré were joined to the commune of Benet in 1973.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.