Bias, Lot-et-Garonne

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Bias

(2023–2026) Xavier Llopis^[1]Area

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.

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]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% 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%

Year	Pop.	±% 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]

References

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