Biron, Charente-Maritime

Biron
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Biron
Location within Poitou-Charentes region Biron
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Saintes
Canton	Pons
Intercommunality	Région de Pons
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Francis Boucheron
Area1	8.71 km2 (3.36 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	234
• Density	27/km2 (70/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17047 / 17800
Elevation	15–81 m (49–266 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Biron is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. In the late nineteenth century Philippe Delamain, a merchant from Jarnac, excavated a cemetery from the Merovingian period in Biron, part of which is now in the British Museum in London.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	399	—
1800	427	+7.0%
1806	407	−4.7%
1821	434	+6.6%
1831	477	+9.9%
1836	471	−1.3%
1841	427	−9.3%
1846	462	+8.2%
1851	451	−2.4%
1856	451	+0.0%
1861	461	+2.2%
1866	447	−3.0%
1872	415	−7.2%
1876	409	−1.4%
1881	356	−13.0%
1886	357	+0.3%
1891	321	−10.1%
1896	334	+4.0%
1901	297	−11.1%
1906	293	−1.3%
1911	318	+8.5%
1921	274	−13.8%
1926	289	+5.5%
1931	275	−4.8%
1936	269	−2.2%
1946	231	−14.1%
1954	206	−10.8%
1962	225	+9.2%
1968	219	−2.7%
1975	208	−5.0%
1982	190	−8.7%
1990	249	+31.1%
1999	234	−6.0%
2008	234	+0.0%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

References

• INSEE