Bièvres, Essonne

Bièvres
Bièvres
Commune
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	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 48°45′15″N 2°12′54″E / 48.7542°N 2.2151°ECoordinates: 48°45′15″N 2°12′54″E / 48.7542°N 2.2151°E
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Essonne
Arrondissement	Palaiseau
Canton	Gif-sur-Yvette
Intercommunality	CA Versailles Grand Parc
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Anne Pelletier-Le Barbier
Area 1	9.69 km2 (3.74 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	4,662
• Density	480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	91064 /91570
Elevation	67–178 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] (listen)) 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".

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. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.