Buxeuil, Aube

Buxeuil
Coat of arms
Buxeuil
Location within Champagne-Ardenne region Buxeuil
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine
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)
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
Year	Pop.	±%
1786	325	—
1790	339	+4.3%
1836	383	+13.0%
1846	370	−3.4%
1851	400	+8.1%
1856	401	+0.2%
1861	398	−0.7%
1866	393	−1.3%
1872	355	−9.7%
1876	336	−5.4%
1882	336	+0.0%
1886	327	−2.7%
1891	306	−6.4%
1896	306	+0.0%
1901	293	−4.2%
1906	270	−7.8%
1911	235	−13.0%
1921	185	−21.3%
1926	192	+3.8%
1931	155	−19.3%
1936	153	−1.3%
1954	153	+0.0%
1962	148	−3.3%
1968	149	+0.7%
1975	153	+2.7%
1982	149	−2.6%
1990	153	+2.7%
1999	145	−5.2%
2008	139	−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

• French wine
• Champagne Riots
• Communes of the Aube department

References

• INSEE