Biard () is a
commune in the
Vienne department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in the
Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France, in the
Boivre valley.
A suburb of
Poitiers
Poitiers (, , , ; Poitevin: ''Poetàe'') is a city on the River Clain in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou. In 2017 it had a population of 88,291. Its agglomerat ...
, Biard gives its name to the
Poitiers–Biard Airport
Poitiers–Biard Airport (french: link=no, Aéroport de Poitiers – Biard, ) is an airport located at Biard, west of Poitiers, in the Vienne department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in France.
Facilities
The airport stands at an elevatio ...
, located 2 km west of the city.
Local facilities
include a primary school, municipal stadium and the Stade Marcel Guérin, operated by the
SNCF
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffi ...
for railway workers.
Population
See also
*
Communes of the Vienne department
References
External links
Grottes de Biard
Communes of Vienne (department)
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