Bègues

Bègues
The church in Bègues
Coat of arms
Bègues
Location within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region  Bègues
Coordinates: 46°07′42″N 3°09′24″E / 46.1283°N 3.1567°ECoordinates: 46°07′42″N 3°09′24″E / 46.1283°N 3.1567°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Vichy
Canton	Gannat
Intercommunality	Bassin de Gannat
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Alain Viguié
Area^1	8.3 km^2 (3.2 sq mi)
Population (2013)^2	231
• Density	28/km^2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bègues is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Geography

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	123	—
1968	150	+22.0%
1975	152	+1.3%
1982	196	+28.9%
1990	193	−1.5%
1999	202	+4.7%
2008	230	+13.9%
2013	231	+0.4%
Source: INSEE (1968–2013[1])

Administration

• 2008–2014: Georges Beaumet
• 2014–2020: Alain Viguié^[2]

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

References

• INSEE

1. "2013 legal populations - Bègues". INSEE (in French). Retrieved 24 January 2016.
2. "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier (avec maire, arrondissement et canton)" [Nominative list of communes of Allier (with mayor, arrondissement and canton)] (PDF). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier (in French). 1 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.