Bègles

Bègles
Bègles
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	Bègles
Intercommunality	Bordeaux
Mayor	Noël Mamère (Green) (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	3–18 m (9.8–59 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 ft)
Land area1	9.96 km2 (3.85 sq mi)
Population2	24,999  (2008)
- Density	2,510 /km2 (6,500 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	33039/ 33130
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.

Bègles is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.

It is a suburb of the city of Bordeaux and is adjacent to it on the south.

Population

Historical population of Bègles

Year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
Population	2115	1526	1903	2050	2322	2518	2592	2745	2844	3286

Year	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901
Population	4005	4764	5547	6202	7238	8919	10,535	10,372	12,104

Year	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
Population	12,588	14,055	16,590	18,349	21,582	20,989	22,590	23,176

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	24,388	27,330	25,680	23,318	22,604	22,475	24,999

Personalities

Bègles was the birthplace of:

• Sandrine Cantoreggi (born 1969), violinist
• Lilly Daché (1898–1989), milliner and fashion designer
• Jacques Dufilho (1914–2005), actor

International relations

Bègles is twinned with:

• Collado Villalba, Spain
• Suhl, Germany
• Bray, Ireland

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official website (in French)