Bégard
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Bégard Bear |
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| region | Brittany | |
| Department | Cotes-d'Armor | |
| Arrondissement | Guingamp | |
| Canton | Bégard (main town) | |
| Community association | Guingamp Paimpol Armor Argoat Agglomération | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 38 ′ N , 3 ° 18 ′ W | |
| height | 45-176 m | |
| surface | 36.41 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,808 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 132 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 22140 | |
| INSEE code | 22004 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-de-begard.fr/ | |
 Saint-Méen church in the Lannevent district |
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Bégard ( Breton : Bear ) is a French municipality with 4808 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Côtes-d'Armor in the region of Brittany . It belongs to the arrondissement of Guingamp and the canton of Bégard of the same name , of which it is the capital. The inhabitants are called Bégarrois .
geography
The community is located about 17 kilometers northwest of Guingamp and 20 kilometers southeast of Lannion . Bégard is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Prat in the north and north-west, Coatascorn in the north-east, Brélidy and Saint-Laurent in the east, Pédernec in the south and south-east, Louargat in the south-west and Pluzunet in the west.
The former route nationale 167 (today: D767) runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 4,719 | 4,976 | 5,152 | 5,180 | 4,906 | 4,474 | 4,471 | 4,751 |
Attractions
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bégard
- Kerguézan menhir, 5.6 meters high stone, built in the Neolithic age, monument historique since 1889
- Ruins of the Bégard monastery, founded as a Cistercian abbey in 1130, abolished in 1790
- Church of Guénézan from the 16th century, monument historique since 1964
- Saint-Méen church in Lannévent
- Botlézan Chapel, built in the 15th century, rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries, monument historique since 1964/1981
Personalities
- Alain de Bretagne, 1st Earl of Richmond (before 1100–1146), English nobleman, buried in Bégard
Community partnerships
There is a partnership with the British parish of Saint Asaph in Denbigshire (Wales) .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes des Côtes-d'Armor. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-017-5 , pp. 37-43.
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