Buchères

Buchères
region	Grand Est
Department	Aube
Arrondissement	Troyes
Canton	Vendeuvre-sur-Barse
Community association	Troyes Champagne Métropole
Coordinates	48 ° 14 '  N , 4 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 14 '  N , 4 ° 7'  E
height	111-133 m
surface	7.14 km 2
Residents	1,688 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	236 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	10800
INSEE code	10067

Buchères is a municipality with 1688 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the French department of Aube . The place is on the Hozain River .

history

On August 24, 1944, men of the 51st SS Brigade wreaked havoc in which 68 people were killed. Among them were 10 children younger than ten years, 5 old people over seventy, 35 women and three infants aged 18, 11 and 6 months.

War memorial

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2016
Residents	602	727	1072	1314	1328	1345	1394	1605
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Web links

Commons : Buchères  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Roger Bruge: 1944, le temps des Massacres. Les crimes de la Gestapo et de la 51e Brigade SS. Albin Michel, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-226-06966-6 .