Bessé-sur-Braye

Bessé-sur-Braye
The château of Courtanvaux
Location of Bessé-sur-Braye
Bessé-sur-Braye
Bessé-sur-Braye
Coordinates: 47°50′02″N 0°44′58″E / 47.8339°N 0.7494°E / 47.8339; 0.7494
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentSarthe
ArrondissementMamers
CantonSaint-Calais
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Jacques Lacoche
Area
1
20.60 km2 (7.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
2,025
  Density98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Besséen, Besséenne
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
72035 /72310
Elevation64–154 m (210–505 ft)
Websitehttp://www.besse-sur-braye.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bessé-sur-Braye (French pronunciation: [bese syʁ bʁɛ], literally Bessé on Braye) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.