Béguey

Béguey (French pronunciation: [beɡɛj]; Occitan: Veguèir) is a commune on the right bank of the Garonne river in the Gironde department in southwestern France.

Béguey
Commune
The town hall in Béguey
Location of Béguey
Béguey Show map of France Béguey Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 44°38′37″N 0°19′20″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Langon
Canton	L'Entre-Deux-Mers
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rodolphe Yung[1]
Area 1	3.16 km2 (1.22 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,257
• Density	398/km2 (1,030/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33040 /33410
Elevation	2–90 m (6.6–295.3 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Bordering municipalities

OpenStreetMap communal limit

On the right bank of the Garonne, the neighboring towns are Laroque to the north-east, Cadillac to the south-east, and Rions to the north-west; on the right bank, the neighboring municipalities are Cérons to the south-west and Podensac to the west.

	Rions		Laroque
	Podensac	N
		W    Béguey    E
		S
	Cérons		Cadillac

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	967	—
1968	974	+0.7%
1975	1,054	+8.2%
1982	866	−17.8%
1990	910	+5.1%
1999	916	+0.7%
2008	1,099	+20.0%

Personalities

One of Béguey's famous sons is Jean-Louis Vignes, pioneer of the California wine industry.

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department