Buxières-les-Mines

Buxières-les-Mines is a commune in the Allier department in central France.

Buxières-les-Mines
Commune
The road into Buxières-les-Mines
Location of Buxières-les-Mines
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Coordinates: 46°28′08″N 2°57′38″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Moulins
Canton	Bourbon-l'Archambault
Intercommunality	Bocage Bourbonnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Agnès Bounab[1]
Area ^1	46.95 km^2 (18.13 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	1,058
• Density	23/km^2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	03046 /03440
Elevation	239–391 m (784–1,283 ft) (avg. 290 m or 950 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,661	—
1975	1,379	−2.62%
1982	1,380	+0.01%
1990	1,241	−1.32%
1999	1,180	−0.56%
2007	1,079	−1.11%
2012	1,050	−0.54%
2017	1,058	+0.15%
Source: INSEE[3]

Transport

Buxières-les-Mines was served by railway. The railway station was Gare de Chavenon in the nearby city of Chavenon. It was used for the transport of coal.

Personalities

• Louis Ganne, composer and conductor, was born in Buxières-les-Mines.

See also

• Communes of the Allier department

References

1. "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier" [Nominative list of communes of Allier] (PDF) (in French). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE