Buxeuil, Aube
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Commune of Buxeuil |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Champagne-Ardenne |
| Department | Aube |
| Arrondissement | Troyes |
| Canton | Bar-sur-Seine |
| Mayor | M. Patrick Diligent (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | m–m (avg. 167 m) |
| Land area¹ | 4,43 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
145 |
| - Density | 32/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 10068/ 10110 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Buxeuil is a village and commune in France.
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[edit] 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. The population counts 145 inhabitants in 1999.
[edit] Main sights
Buxeuil's is home to a beautiful village church from the 13c to 16c. Other sights are the two ancient lavoirtoires 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.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Buxeuil is one of the smallest communes in the Côte des Bar region of the Southern Champagne.
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