Bégard

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

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.

Population

Inhabitants of Bégard are called Bégarrois.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 528 —     1800 2,394 +24.10% 1806 3,417 +6.11% 1821 3,727 +0.58% 1831 3,768 +0.11% 1836 3,503 −1.45% 1841 3,821 +1.75% 1846 4,180 +1.81% 1851 4,053 −0.62% 1856 3,960 −0.46% 1861 4,182 +1.10% 1866 3,281 −4.74% 1872 4,518 +5.48% 1876 4,758 +1.30% 1881 4,715 −0.18% 1886 4,713 −0.01% 1891 4,924 +0.88% 1896 4,919 −0.02%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 4,915 −0.02% 1906 5,053 +0.56% 1911 4,777 −1.12% 1921 4,311 −1.02% 1926 4,555 +1.11% 1931 4,464 −0.40% 1936 4,773 +1.35% 1946 4,285 −1.07% 1954 4,431 +0.42% 1962 4,719 +0.79% 1968 4,976 +0.89% 1975 5,152 +0.50% 1982 5,180 +0.08% 1990 4,906 −0.68% 1999 4,474 −1.02% 2007 4,562 +0.24% 2012 4,803 +1.03% 2017 4,808 +0.02%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968–2017)

Breton language

The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 25 October 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)