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Bègles

Coordinates: 44°48′31″N 0°32′52″W / 44.8086°N 0.5478°W / 44.8086; -0.5478
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Bègles
Château de Francs
Château de Francs
Coat of arms of Bègles
Location of Bègles
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Bègles is located in France
Bègles
Bègles
Bègles is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bègles
Bègles
Coordinates: 44°48′31″N 0°32′52″W / 44.8086°N 0.5478°W / 44.8086; -0.5478
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentGironde
ArrondissementBordeaux
CantonTalence and Villenave-d'Ornon
IntercommunalityBordeaux Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Clement Rossignol-Puech[1]
Area
1
9.96 km2 (3.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
30,813
 • Density3,100/km2 (8,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
33039 /33130
Elevation3–18 m (9.8–59.1 ft)
(avg. 8 m or 26 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bègles (French: [bɛɡl]; Gascon: Begla) 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. Bègles station has rail connections to Langon and Bordeaux.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,115—    
1800 1,526−4.56%
1806 1,903+3.75%
1821 2,050+0.50%
1831 2,322+1.25%
1836 2,518+1.63%
1841 2,592+0.58%
1846 2,745+1.15%
1851 2,844+0.71%
1856 3,286+2.93%
1861 4,005+4.04%
1866 4,764+3.53%
1872 5,547+2.57%
1876 6,202+2.83%
1881 7,238+3.14%
1886 8,919+4.27%
1891 10,535+3.39%
1896 10,372−0.31%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 12,104+3.14%
1906 12,588+0.79%
1911 14,055+2.23%
1921 16,590+1.67%
1926 18,349+2.04%
1931 21,582+3.30%
1936 20,989−0.56%
1946 22,590+0.74%
1954 23,176+0.32%
1962 24,388+0.64%
1968 27,330+1.92%
1975 25,680−0.89%
1982 23,318−1.37%
1990 22,604−0.39%
1999 22,475−0.06%
2007 24,914+1.30%
2012 25,380+0.37%
2017 28,601+2.42%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)[4]

Personalities

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Bègles was the birthplace of:

International relations

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Bègles is twinned with:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bègles, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ "Population en historique depuis 1968", INSEE.
  5. ^ "Twinned with Dublin". bray.ie. 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
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