Biron, Charente-Maritime

Biron
Commune
The church in Biron
Location of Biron
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Coordinates: 45°34′14″N 0°28′39″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement	Jonzac
Canton	Pons
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Cathia Seguin-Gallot
Area 1	8.71 km2 (3.36 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	238
• Density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

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%

Year Pop. ±% 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% 2017 230 −1.7%

See also

• Communes of the Charente-Maritime department