Buxeuil, Aube

Buxeuil

Coat of arms
Buxeuil

Coordinates: 48°03′19″N 4°23′50″E / 48.0553°N 4.3972°E / 48.0553; 4.3972Coordinates: 48°03′19″N 4°23′50″E / 48.0553°N 4.3972°E / 48.0553; 4.3972
Country France
Region Grand Est
Department Aube
Arrondissement Troyes
Canton Bar-sur-Seine
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Patrick Diligent
Area1 4.43 km2 (1.71 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 139
 • Density 31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 10068 / 10110
Elevation 160–312 m (525–1,024 ft)
(avg. 167 m or 548 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Buxeuil is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. Buxeuil is one of the smallest communes in the Côte des Bar region of southern Champagne.

History

The area around Buxeuil was settled by Celtic tribes in the antiquity. The name derives from the Latin and means literally field of the box trees (buxus=box tree; ielas=field). In the end of the 19c Buxeuil became a charming little village with an own town hall. In 1911 the Champagne Riot caused much turmoil, but the village could maintain the Appellation Champagne.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1786325—    
1790339+4.3%
1836383+13.0%
1846370−3.4%
1851400+8.1%
1856401+0.2%
1861398−0.7%
1866393−1.3%
1872355−9.7%
1876336−5.4%
1882336+0.0%
1886327−2.7%
1891306−6.4%
1896306+0.0%
1901293−4.2%
1906270−7.8%
1911235−13.0%
1921185−21.3%
1926192+3.8%
1931155−19.3%
1936153−1.3%
1954153+0.0%
1962148−3.3%
1968149+0.7%
1975153+2.7%
1982149−2.6%
1990153+2.7%
1999145−5.2%
2008139−4.1%

Sights

Buxeuil's is home to a beautiful village church built in the 13th to 16th centuries. Other sights are the two ancient wash houses and the old pressoir of Champagne Moutard on Grande Rue. Its best known attractions are the visitor's offices of Champagne Moutard and Champagne Gruet as well as the reception rooms of many smaller champagne producers.

See also

References

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