Buchères

Buchères
Commune
Buchères
Location within Grand Est region  Buchères
Coordinates: 48°14′19″N 4°06′33″E / 48.2386°N 4.1092°E / 48.2386; 4.1092Coordinates: 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 (2008–2014)	Daniel Lebeau
Area1	7.14 km2 (2.76 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	1,435
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Buchères is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.

On August 24, 1944, men of the 51st SS-Brigade massacred 68 people, of whom 10 children under ten year old, 5 elderly above seventy years, 35 women and three babies of 18, 11 and 6 months.