Bégard

Bégard Bear
Commune
Church of Guénézan
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Bégard
Bégard Bégard
Coordinates: 48°37′43″N 3°17′59″W
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement	Guingamp
Canton	Bégard
Intercommunality	Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Vincent Clec'h
Area 1	36.41 km2 (14.06 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	4,839
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	22004 /22140
Elevation	45–176 m (148–577 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bégard (French pronunciation: [beɡaʁ]; Breton: Bear) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 528 —     1800 2,394 +353.4% 1806 3,417 +42.7% 1821 3,727 +9.1% 1831 3,768 +1.1% 1836 3,503 −7.0% 1841 3,821 +9.1% 1846 4,180 +9.4% 1851 4,053 −3.0% 1856 3,960 −2.3% 1861 4,182 +5.6% 1866 3,281 −21.5% 1872 4,518 +37.7% 1876 4,758 +5.3% 1881 4,715 −0.9% 1886 4,713 −0.0% 1891 4,924 +4.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1896 4,919 −0.1% 1901 4,915 −0.1% 1906 5,053 +2.8% 1911 4,777 −5.5% 1921 4,311 −9.8% 1926 4,555 +5.7% 1931 4,464 −2.0% 1936 4,773 +6.9% 1946 4,285 −10.2% 1954 4,431 +3.4% 1962 4,719 +6.5% 1968 4,976 +5.4% 1975 5,152 +3.5% 1982 5,180 +0.5% 1990 4,906 −5.3% 1999 4,476 −8.8% 2008 4,597 +2.7%

Inhabitants of Bégard are called Bégarrois.

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on October the 25th of 2004.

In 2008, 5.89% of the primary school children attended the bilingual schools.

Twinning

Bégard is twinned with St Asaph in Wales.

See also

• Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department

External links

• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)