Biard

For other uses, see Biard (disambiguation).

Biard
Commune
Location of Biard
Biard Biard
Coordinates: 46°34′42″N 0°18′22″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Vienne
Arrondissement	Poitiers
Canton	Poitiers-1
Intercommunality	CU Grand Poitiers
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gilles Morisseau
Area 1	7.47 km2 (2.88 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,884
• Density	250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	86027 /86580
Elevation	75–136 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 include a primary school, municipal stadium and the Stade Marcel Guérin, operated by the SNCF for railway workers.

Population

Demographic evolution of Biard

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 196 —     1800 139 −4.79% 1806 167 +3.11% 1851 615 +2.94% 1856 670 +1.73% 1861 701 +0.91% 1866 689 −0.34% 1872 629 −1.51% 1876 648 +0.75% 1881 699 +1.53% 1886 762 +1.74% 1891 1,053 +6.68% 1896 742 −6.76% 1901 805 +1.64% 1906 806 +0.02% 1911 836 +0.73%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1921 848 +0.14% 1926 940 +2.08% 1931 1,003 +1.31% 1936 997 −0.12% 1946 1,224 +2.07% 1954 1,287 +0.63% 1962 1,033 −2.71% 1968 1,121 +1.37% 1975 1,173 +0.65% 1982 1,244 +0.84% 1990 1,264 +0.20% 1999 1,501 +1.93% 2007 1,585 +0.68% 2012 1,706 +1.48% 2017 1,751 +0.52%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Vienne department

External links

• Grottes de Biard