Bégaar

Bégaar
Commune
Location of Bégaar
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Coordinates: 43°49′38″N 0°50′57″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Pays morcenais tarusate
Intercommunality	Pays Tarusate
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Poussard[1]
Area ^1	27.8 km^2 (10.7 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,215
• Density	44/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40031 /40400
Elevation	7–52 m (23–171 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bégaar (French pronunciation: [beɡaʁ]; Occitan: Begar) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	946	—
1975	843	−1.63%
1982	908	+1.07%
1990	1,000	+1.21%
1999	939	−0.70%
2009	1,093	+1.53%
2014	1,117	+0.44%
2020	1,198	+1.17%
Source: INSEE[4]

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE