Buchères

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Buchères
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Buchères
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Coordinates: 48°14′19″N 4°06′33″E / 48.2386°N 4.1092°E / 48.2386; 4.1092
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  (2021)[2]	1,895
• Density	270/km2 (690/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.

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

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

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]

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