Buchères

Coordinates: 48°14′19″N 4°06′33″E / 48.2386°N 4.1092°E / 48.2386; 4.1092
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Buchères
Coat of arms of Buchères
Location of Buchères
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Buchères is located in France
Buchères
Buchères
Buchères is located in Grand Est
Buchères
Buchères
Coordinates: 48°14′19″N 4°06′33″E / 48.2386°N 4.1092°E / 48.2386; 4.1092
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentAube
ArrondissementTroyes
CantonVendeuvre-sur-Barse
IntercommunalityCA Troyes Champagne Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Philippe Gundall[1]
Area
1
7.14 km2 (2.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,895
 • Density270/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
10067 /10800
Elevation111–133 m (364–436 ft)
(avg. 118 m or 387 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Buchères (French pronunciation: [byʃɛʁ]) is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.

World War II[edit]

On August 24, 1944, men of the 51st SS-Brigade massacred 68 people, of whom ten were children under ten year old, five were elderly above seventy years, including 35 women and three infants of 18, 11 and 6 months.[3]

Population[edit]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 727—    
1975 1,072+5.70%
1982 1,314+2.95%
1990 1,328+0.13%
1999 1,345+0.14%
2009 1,404+0.43%
2014 1,534+1.79%
2020 1,889+3.53%
Source: INSEE[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ (in French) Bruge, Roger (1994) 1944 Le temps des Massacres, les crimes de la Gestapo et de la 51e Brigade SS, Albin Michel, ISBN 2-226-06966-6
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ ÉGO 1939-1945 - Centre de Recherche d'Histoire Quantitative (CRHQ)/ par Françoise Passera