Bégard

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Bégard
Bear
Church of Guénézan
Church of Guénézan
Coat of arms of Bégard
Coat of arms
Bégard is located in France
Bégard
Bégard
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Location within Brittany region
Bégard is located in Brittany
Bégard
Bégard
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Country France
Region Brittany
Department Côtes-d'Armor
Arrondissement Guingamp
Canton Bégard
Intercommunality Pays de Bégard
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Gérard Le Caër
Area1 36.41 km2 (14.06 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 4,597
 • Density 130/km2 (330/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bégard (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%
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.[1]

International relations

Bégard is twinned with St Asaph in Wales.

See also

References

  1. (French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue

External links

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