Béguey | |
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![]() The town hall in Béguey | |
Coordinates: 44°38′37″N 0°19′20″W / 44.6436°N 0.3222°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 (2021)
[2] | 1,208 |
• Density | 380/km2 (990/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. |
Béguey (French pronunciation: [beɡɛj]; Occitan: Veguèir) is a commune on the right bank of the Garonne river in the Gironde department in southwestern France.
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.
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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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% |
One of Béguey's famous sons is Jean-Louis Vignes, pioneer of the California wine industry.