Bièvres, Essonne

Commune in Île-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Bièvres

(2020–2026) Anne Pelletier-Le Barbier^[1]Area

9.69 km² (3.74 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

4,748 • Density490/km² (1,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

91064 /91570

Elevation67–178 m (220–584 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bièvres (French pronunciation: [bjɛvʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Essonne department and Île-de-France region of north-central France.

The commune derives its name from that of the River Bièvre which flows through the village. Bièvre is the old French word for a beaver (castor in modern French), so that the original meaning of the name of this stream is "beaver river".

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,323	—
1975	4,133	+3.17%
1982	3,844	−1.03%
1990	4,209	+1.14%
1999	4,034	−0.47%
2007	4,982	+2.67%
2012	4,433	−2.31%
2017	4,639	+0.91%
Source: INSEE^[3]

The inhabitants of Bièvres are known in French as les Bièvrois.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

Gallery

Saint Martin's church
Bièvres railway station
The War Memorial
The Tool Museum

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bièvres (Essonne).

Official website (in French)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Land use (IAU ÎdF) (in French)
Mayors of Essonne Association (in French)