Boussières

Boussières (French pronunciation: [busjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.

Boussières
Commune
The church in Boussières
Location of Boussières
Boussières Show map of France Boussières Show map of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Coordinates: 47°09′30″N 5°54′08″E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Doubs
Arrondissement	Besançon
Canton	Besançon-6
Intercommunality	Grand Besançon Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Eloy Jaramago[1]
Area 1	5.58 km2 (2.15 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,200
• Density	220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	25084 /25320
Elevation	220–452 m (722–1,483 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Politics and administration

Boussières had been the seat of a canton until its attachment to the new Canton of Besançon-6.

Municipal government

List of successive mayors of Boussières^[3]

In office		Name	Ref.
1873	1884	Émile Retrouvey
1884	1896	Célestin Poulet
1896	1898	Joseph Retrouvey
1898	1903	Célestin Poulet
1903	1912	Jean Zuber
1919	1941	Ernest Zuber
1941	1959	Maurice Mille
1959	1965	Raymond Ploux
1965	29 March 1977	Jean Canal
29 March 1977	14 March 2008	Michel Poulet
14 March 2008	23 May 2020	Bertrand Astric
23 May 2020	March 2022	Hélène Astric	[4]
March 2022	incumbent	Eloy Jaramago	[1]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	505	—
1968	531	+5.1%
1975	697	+31.3%
1982	762	+9.3%
1990	837	+9.8%
1999	929	+11.0%
2001	1,040	+11.9%
2009	1,083	+4.1%
2014	1,092	+0.8%
2015	1,089	−0.3%

See also

• Communes of the Doubs department