Buchères

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

Buchères
Commune
Monument Buchères
Coat of arms
Location of Buchères
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Coordinates: 48°14′19″N 4°06′33″E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Troyes
Canton	Vendeuvre-sur-Barse
Intercommunality	CA Troyes Champagne Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Gundall[1]
Area 1	7.14 km2 (2.76 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,959
• Density	274/km2 (711/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	10067 /10800
Elevation	111–133 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 24 August 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

Year	Pop.	±% 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]

See also

• Communes of the Aube department

Bibliography

• Crimes allemands : Le Martyre de Buchères (Aube) : 24 août 1944, Troyes : Grande impr. de Troyes, 1945, 48 p., ill.^[5]