Bègues

Bègues (French pronunciation: [bɛɡ]; Occitan: Begas) is a commune in the Allier department in central France.^[3]

Bègues
Commune
The church in Bègues
Coat of arms
Location of Bègues
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Coordinates: 46°07′42″N 3°09′24″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Vichy
Canton	Gannat
Intercommunality	Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Serge Maume[1]
Area 1	8.3 km2 (3.2 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	229
• Density	28/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03021 /03800
Elevation	290–520 m (950–1,710 ft) (avg. 525 m or 1,722 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

• 
  Location of Bègues in the canton of Gannat (before March 2015).
• 
  Location of Bègues in the former Bassin de Gannat intercommunality.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	150	—
1975	152	+0.19%
1982	196	+3.70%
1990	193	−0.19%
1999	202	+0.51%
2007	228	+1.52%
2012	231	+0.26%
2017	227	−0.35%
Source: INSEE[4]

Administration

• 2008–2014: Georges Beaumet
• 2014–2020: Alain Viguié^[5]
• 2020–current: Serge Maume^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Allier department