Biard

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Biard

|commune status = Commune

|coordinates = {{coord|46.5783|0.306|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|arrondissement = Poitiers

|canton = Poitiers-1

|mayor = Gilles Morisseau{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=4 May 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CU Grand Poitiers

|elevation min m = 75

|elevation max m = 136

|elevation m = 100

|area km2 = 7.47

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

|INSEE = 86027

|postal code = 86580

}}

Biard ({{IPA|fr|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 {{cite web |url=http://www.ville-biard.fr/accueil_mairie/salles.asp |title=Commune de Biard |access-date=2011-12-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110204145/http://www.ville-biard.fr/accueil_mairie/salles.asp |archive-date=2012-01-10 }} include a primary school, municipal stadium and the Stade Marcel Guérin, operated by the SNCF for railway workers.

Population

{{Historical populations

|title =Demographic evolution of Biard

|1793|196

|1800|139

|1806|167

|1851|615

|1856|670

|1861|701

|1866|689

|1872|629

|1876|648

|1881|699

|1886|762

|1891|1053

|1896|742

|1901|805

|1906|806

|1911|836

|1921|848

|1926|940

|1931|1003

|1936|997

|1946|1224

|1954|1287

|1962|1033

|1968|1121

|1975|1173

|1982|1244

|1990|1264

|1999|1501

|2007|1585

|2012|1706

|2017|1751

| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|4173|Biard}} and INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-86027#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

| percentages = pagr

| cols = 2

| align = none

}}

See also

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