Buchères

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

Buchères
Commune
Coat of arms of Buchères
Coat of arms
Location of Buchères
Buchères is located in France
Buchères
Buchères
Buchères is located in Grand Est
Buchères
Buchères
Coordinates: 48°14′19″N 4°06′33″E
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
 (Jan. 2020)[2]
1,889
 • Density260/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.

World War II

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
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 277—    
1800 408+47.3%
1806 421+3.2%
1821 446+5.9%
1831 556+24.7%
1836 570+2.5%
1841 618+8.4%
1846 634+2.6%
1851 653+3.0%
1856 580−11.2%
1861 552−4.8%
1866 555+0.5%
1872 508−8.5%
1876 497−2.2%
1881 490−1.4%
1886 475−3.1%
1891 426−10.3%
1896 434+1.9%
YearPop.±%
1901 429−1.2%
1906 458+6.8%
1911 422−7.9%
1921 435+3.1%
1926 485+11.5%
1931 533+9.9%
1936 514−3.6%
1946 483−6.0%
1954 531+9.9%
1962 602+13.4%
1968 727+20.8%
1975 1,072+47.5%
1982 1,314+22.6%
1990 1,328+1.1%
1999 1,345+1.3%
2006 1,394+3.6%
2009 1,404+0.7%
2012 1,435+2.2%

See also

Bibliography

References
  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  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. ÉGO 1939-1945 - Centre de Recherche d'Histoire Quantitative (CRHQ)/ par Françoise Passera
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