Bègles

Bègles (French: [bɛɡl]; Gascon: Begla) is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France.

Key Information

Bègles
Commune
Château de Francs
Coat of arms
Location of Bègles
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Coordinates: 44°48′31″N 0°32′52″W / 44.8086°N 0.5478°W / 44.8086; -0.5478
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	Talence and Villenave-d'Ornon
Intercommunality	Bordeaux Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Clement Rossignol-Puech[1]
Area 1	9.96 km2 (3.85 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	30,968
• Density	3,100/km2 (8,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33039 /33130
Elevation	3–18 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.
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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.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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%
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)[4]

Bègles was the birthplace of:

• Marie Bell (1900–1985), actress
• Sandrine Cantoreggi (born 1969), violinist
• Lilly Daché (1898–1989), milliner and fashion designer
• Jacques Dufilho (1914–2005), actor
• Philippe Galera (born 1967), retired professional footballer

Bègles is twinned with:

• Collado Villalba, Spain
• Suhl, Germany
• Bray, Ireland^[5]

• Communes of the Gironde department

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• Official website (in French)

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