Bièvres
Commune
The town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Bièvres
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Coordinates: 48°45′15″N 2°12′54″E / 48.7542°N 2.2151°E / 48.7542; 2.2151
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[1]
Area 1	9.69 km2 (3.74 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	4,748
• Density	490/km2 (1,300/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] ^ⓘ) 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".

Population[edit]

The inhabitants of Bièvres are known in French as les Bièvrois.

See also[edit]

• Communes of the Essonne department

References[edit]

Gallery[edit]

• 
  Saint Martin's church
• 
  Bièvres railway station
• 
  The War Memorial
• 
  The Tool Museum

External links[edit]

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Land use (IAU ÎdF) (in French)
• Mayors of Essonne Association (in French)