Biviers

Biviers
region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	Grenoble
Canton	Meylan
Community association	Le Grésivaudan
Coordinates	45 ° 14 '  N , 5 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 14 '  N , 5 ° 48'  E
height	311-1,388 m
surface	6.17 km 2
Residents	2,386 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	387 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	38330
INSEE code	38045
Website	www.mairie-biviers.fr
Romanesque church of Biviers

Biviers is a French commune with 2,386 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Isère in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . Biviers belongs to the Arrondissement of Grenoble and the Canton of Meylan . The inhabitants call themselves Biviérsois (es) .

geography

Biviers is located in the long valley of the Grésivaudan . In the north-west rises the Mont Saint-Eynard , the outermost mountain range of the Chartreuse Mountains . Biviers is surrounded by the neighboring communities of La Sappey-en-Chartreuse in the north and west, Saint-Ismier in the north and east, Montbonnot-Saint-Martin in the south and south-east and Meylan in the south and south-west.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
679	964	1,733	2.147	2,258	2,383	2,360	2,325
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Montbives Castle

• Romanesque church
• Franquières castle with park (18th century), built at the beginning of the 17th century, monument historique since 1948
• Servien Castle (also Serviantin Castle ) from the 15th and 16th centuries, a historic monument since 1960
• Montbives Castle (also Montviol Castle ), originally a castle from the 12th century, later renovations, especially from the Renaissance

Serviantin Castle

Personalities

• Abel Servien (1593–1659), diplomat, minister of war (1630–1636), negotiator of Louis XIV at the Peace of Westphalia

Web links

Commons : Biviers  - collection of images, videos and audio files