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A town of 1,910 in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Biard has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (C): bac results 2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.6 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,202/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté urbaine du Grand Poitiers. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.8 jobs per working resident; 6.3% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Biard with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Biard as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Hilaire, in Poitiers, 1.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Biard. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Sainte-Croix3.3 km east, in Poitiers
MuseumMusée Rupert-de-Chièvres2.6 km east, in PoitiersHistoric houseHistoric housePalais des ducs d'Aquitaine2.9 km east, in PoitiersGardenGardenJardin des Plantes de Poitiers3.4 km east, in PoitiersGardenGardenParc de Blossac2.3 km east, in PoitiersPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Biard.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Vienne can expect 85.8 years and a boy 79.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 152 deaths in Biard between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 145: 5% above. There are 2 general practitioners locally.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 82% passed the bac pro, of 337 candidates at 3 lycées. The town’s pupils have a collège 0.7 mi away. Also worth knowing: at the collèges within 5 km of Biard, 88.6% passed the brevet, near both Vienne’s towns (88.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège François RabelaisNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 176 | 97%+2 pts |
| Lycée Victor HugoNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 365 | 95%−2 pts |
| Collège privé Isaac de l'Étoile PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 143 | 99%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €27,700 a year per consumption unit, above Vienne’s towns (€26,210) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 4.7% of working residents in Biard went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, about level with compared French towns (11%) and above Vienne’s towns (10%). Biard has a median age of 42.8 years.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Biard | Vienne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vienne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €2,202/m²: 49 houses and apartments sold in Biard between July 2023 and June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.05/m² a month, about level with Vienne’s towns (€10.33/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €9.88/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,202/m² | 49 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.1 cases of violence against people and 11.6 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Biard has 1,450 jobs for 800 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Over 2025, Biard logged 21 recorded offenses. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Biard (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 33.6% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Biard is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Biard.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biard | 1,910 | — | — | B− | — | A |
| Vouneuil-sous-Biard | 6,290 | 1.4 | A− | C+ | A− | A |
| Poitiers | 89,916 | 2.1 | C | C+ | D | A− |
| Saint-Benoît | 7,375 | 2.5 | B+ | C+ | C+ | A− |
| Buxerolles | 10,289 | 3 | B− | C+ | C+ | A |
| Migné-Auxances | 6,285 | 3.3 | A− | B | B+ | B+ |
| Fontaine-le-Comte | 3,972 | 3.6 | A− | B− | B+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Biard has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 12 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns. 95% of 365 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Victor Hugo in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,202/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Biard grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Biard is a commune of 1,910 people in the Communauté urbaine du Grand Poitiers. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.