La Benâte
La Benâte | |
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Part of Essouvert | |
Location of La Benâte | |
| Coordinates: 46°00′47″N 0°34′14″W / 46.0131°N 0.5706°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-d'Angély |
| Canton | Saint-Jean-d'Angély |
| Commune | Essouvert |
Area 1 | 11.07 km2 (4.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 357 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (84/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 17400 |
| Elevation | 38–109 m (125–358 ft) (avg. 67 m or 220 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Benâte (French pronunciation: [la bənat]) is a former commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Essouvert.