Bègles Population and Area (Gironde)
Largest city in France 2026: up-to-date figures for Bègles (Gironde)
Bègles: Population and Area
With 32,221 inhabitants (INSEE total population in force on January 1, 2026), Bègles is the 262nd most populous town in France in 2026 and the 7th most populous in the Gironde department, out of 534 communes. It covers 9.96 km² (19,138th largest area in France, 263rd largest in the department), with a population density of 3,235 inhabitants per km², or 30 times the national average (110 inhabitants/km²), which ranks it 262nd in France for density.
Bègles is located in the Gironde department (33), in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (formerly Aquitaine), where it ranks 18th by population out of 4,293 communes. The most populous town in the Gironde department is Bordeaux (271,552 inhabitants); the department is home to 1,716,986 people over 9,976 km².
See the full ranking of communes in the Gironde department and the regional ranking: largest city in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Towns of similar size in the Gironde department: Talence (pop. 47,340), Villenave-d'Ornon (pop. 42,858), Saint-Médard-en-Jalles (pop. 33,398), La Teste-de-Buch (pop. 27,909), Gradignan (pop. 27,379), Cenon (pop. 27,065).
Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); areas: IGN / Observatoire des territoires; INSEE code 33039. Rankings are calculated across the 34,858 communes of metropolitan and overseas France in our database.