Bias (French pronunciation: [bjas]; Occitan: Biàs) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France. The commune was created in 1935 from part of Villeneuve-sur-Lot.[3]

Bias
Domaine de Senelles
Domaine de Senelles
Coat of arms of Bias
Location of Bias
Map
Bias is located in France
Bias
Bias
Bias is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bias
Bias
Coordinates: 44°25′02″N 0°40′12″E / 44.4172°N 0.67°E / 44.4172; 0.67
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentLot-et-Garonne
ArrondissementVilleneuve-sur-Lot
CantonVilleneuve-sur-Lot-2
IntercommunalityCA Grand Villeneuvois
Government
 • Mayor (2023–2026) Xavier Llopis[1]
Area
1
12.29 km2 (4.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,971
 • Density240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
47027 /47300
Elevation42–76 m (138–249 ft)
(avg. 60 m or 200 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population edit

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1936 744—    
1946 1,269+5.48%
1954 952−3.53%
1962 1,146+2.35%
1968 2,483+13.75%
1975 2,601+0.67%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1982 2,600−0.01%
1990 3,032+1.94%
1999 2,955−0.29%
2007 3,169+0.88%
2012 3,146−0.15%
2017 3,031−0.74%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bias, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE