Bégard

Commune in Brittany, France

Bégard Bear
Commune
Church of Guénézan
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Bégard
(2020–2026)		Vincent Clec'h^[1]
Area ¹	36.41 km² (14.06 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	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

Inhabitants of Bégard are called Bégarrois.

Historical population

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)^[4]

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.^[5]

Bégard is twinned with St Asaph in Wales.^[6]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bégard, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ (in French) Ofis ar Brezhoneg: Enseignement bilingue
^ "Cathedral to New Inn". St Asaph City Council. Retrieved 4 October 2018.