Biard
Location of Biard
Biard is located in France
Biard
Biard
Biard is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Biard
Biard
Coordinates: 46°34′42″N 0°18′22″E / 46.5783°N 0.306°E / 46.5783; 0.306
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentVienne
ArrondissementPoitiers
CantonPoitiers-1
IntercommunalityCU Grand Poitiers
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Gilles Morisseau[1]
Area
1
7.47 km2 (2.88 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
1,884
  Density250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
86027 /86580
Elevation75–136 m (246–446 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Biard (French pronunciation: [bjaʁ]) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France, in the Boivre valley.

A suburb of Poitiers, Biard gives its name to the Poitiers–Biard Airport, located 2 km west of the city.

Local facilities [3] include a primary school, municipal stadium and the Stade Marcel Guérin, operated by the SNCF for railway workers.

Population

Demographic evolution of Biard
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793196    
1800139−4.79%
1806167+3.11%
1851615+2.94%
1856670+1.73%
1861701+0.91%
1866689−0.34%
1872629−1.51%
1876648+0.75%
1881699+1.53%
1886762+1.74%
18911,053+6.68%
1896742−6.76%
1901805+1.64%
1906806+0.02%
1911836+0.73%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1921848+0.14%
1926940+2.08%
19311,003+1.31%
1936997−0.12%
19461,224+2.07%
19541,287+0.63%
19621,033−2.71%
19681,121+1.37%
19751,173+0.65%
19821,244+0.84%
19901,264+0.20%
19991,501+1.93%
20071,585+0.68%
20121,706+1.48%
20171,751+0.52%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE[5]

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. "Commune de Biard". Archived from the original on 2012-01-10. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
  4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Biard, EHESS (in French).
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE


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