| La Benâte | |
| Arrondissement: | Saint-Jean-d'Angély |
| Canton: | Saint-Jean-d'Angély |
| Insee: | 17040 |
| Postal Code: | 17400 |
| Commune: | Essouvert |
| Coordinates: | 46.0131°N -0.5706°W |
| Elevation M: | 67 |
| Elevation Min M: | 38 |
| Elevation Max M: | 109 |
| Area Km2: | 11.07 |
| Population: | 382 |
| Population Date: | 2019 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
La Benâte (in French pronounced as /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.[2]