Biard
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Vienne | |
| Arrondissement | Poitiers | |
| Canton | Poitiers-1 | |
| Community association | Grand Poitiers | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 35 ' N , 0 ° 18' E | |
| height | 75-136 m | |
| surface | 7.47 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,751 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 234 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 86580 | |
| INSEE code | 86027 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-biard.fr/ | |
Biard is a French village with 1,751 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Vienne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Poitiers and the canton of Poitiers-1 (until 2015: canton of Poitiers-6 ). The inhabitants are called Biardais .
geography
Biard is about three kilometers west of the city center of Poitiers on the Boivre , which forms the southern municipal boundary. Biard is surrounded by the neighboring communities Vouneuil-sous-Biard in the north, south and west and Poitiers in the east.
Poitiers-Biard Airport is located in the municipality and the Autoroute A10 and Route nationale 10 run through the municipality .
Demographics
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| Residents | 1,209 | 1,121 | 1,173 | 1,244 | 1,264 | 1,501 | 1,549 | 1,706 |
Attractions
- Saint-Marc church
- Memorial to the executed members of the Resistance, in memory of the murder of a total of 120 resistance fighters who were murdered here by German troops on March 7, 1942 and October 4, 1943
- Norée caves
Web links
Commons : Biard - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from August 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive )