{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Bégard |native name = Bear |commune status = [[Communes of France|Commune]] |image flag = Flag of Bégard.svg |image coat of arms = Blason de la ville de Bégard (Côtes-d'Armor).svg |image = Église de Guénézan 01.jpg |caption = Church of Guénézan |coordinates = {{coord|48.6286|-3.2997|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |INSEE = 22004 |postal code = 22140 |arrondissement = Guingamp |canton = Bégard |mayor = Vincent Clec'h<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref> |term = 2020&ndash;2026 |intercommunality = [[Guingamp-Paimpol Agglomération]] |elevation min m = 45 |elevation max m = 176 |area km2 = 36.41 |population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} |population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} |population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}} }}

'''Bégard''' ({{IPA|fr|beɡaʁ}}; {{Langx|br|Bear}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Côtes-d'Armor]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Brittany (administrative region)|Brittany]] in northwestern [[France]].

==Population==

Inhabitants of Bégard are called ''Bégarrois'' in French. {{Historical populations |align = none |cols = 2 |percentages = pagr |source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|3412|Bégard}}</ref> and INSEE (1968–2023)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-22004#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref> |1793 |528 |1800 |2394 |1806 |3417 |1821 |3727 |1831 |3768 |1836 |3503 |1841 |3821 |1846 |4180 |1851 |4053 |1856 |3960 |1861 |4182 |1866 |3281 |1872 |4518 |1876 |4758 |1881 |4715 |1886 |4713 |1891 |4924 |1896 |4919 |1901 |4915 |1906 |5053 |1911 |4777 |1921 |4311 |1926 |4555 |1931 |4464 |1936 |4773 |1946 |4285 |1954 |4431 |1962 |4719 |1968 |4976 |1975 |5152 |1982 |5180 |1990 |4906 |1999 |4474 |2007 |4562 |2012 |4803 |2017 |4808 |2023 |4889 }}

==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.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} ''Ofis ar Brezhoneg'': [http://www.ofis-bzh.org/fr/services/observatoire/travaux.php?travail_id=83 ''Enseignement bilingue'']</ref>

==Twinning== Bégard is twinned with [[St Asaph]] in [[Wales]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cathedral to New Inn |url=http://www.stasaphcitycouncil.gov.uk/tourism/history-of-s-t-asaph/walk-1/ |publisher=St Asaph City Council |access-date=4 October 2018}}</ref>

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==See also== *[[Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Bégard}} *{{Search Mérimée|22004}}

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