Buchères
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region | Grand Est | |
Department | Aube | |
Arrondissement | Troyes | |
Canton | Vendeuvre-sur-Barse | |
Community association | Troyes Champagne Métropole | |
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.
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
- ↑ 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 .