Bard

commune in Loire, France
Place commune_of_france Q1068707
Bard
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Summary

Bard is a commune of France[1]. Bard ranks in the top 0.98% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month, #303 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Loire[3], arrondissement of Montbrison[4], Loire Forez Agglomération[5]
  • Country: France[6]
  • Shares border with: Verrières-en-Forez[7], Saint-Anthème[8], Écotay-l'Olme[9], Essertines-en-Châtelneuf[10], Lérigneux[11], Montbrison[12]
  • Postal code: 42600[13]
  • Commons category: Bard (Loire)[14]
  • Official website: http://www.bard.fr/[15]
  • Email address: mailto:mairiebard@wanadoo.fr[16]
  • Population: 638[17], 654[18], 682[19], 664[20], 669[21], 335[22], 343[23], 418[24], 518[25], 578[26], 637[27], 620[28], 674[29], 685[30]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Bard[31]
  • Phone number: +33-4-77-76-22-60[32]
  • Official name: Bard[33]
  • Female population: 314[34]
  • Male population: 350[35]
  • Elevation above sea level: 417 m[36], 1271 m[37], 783 m[38]
  • Area: 13.78 km²[39]
  • Associated electoral district: canton of Montbrison[40]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Aire d'attraction de Montbrison[41]

Why It Matters

Bard has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Bard is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Q133878296. data.geopf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 39
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ast', 'ca', 'ce', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr',
    Gnd id → 7636807-5
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 23w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Official website → http://www.bard.fr/
    Local thumb → —
    Office held by head of government → Mayor of Bard
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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