Buxeuil, Aube

French commune
nomcommune=Buxeuil
région=Champagne-Ardenne
département=Aube
arrondissement=Troyes
canton=Bar-sur-Seine
insee=10068
cp=10110
maire=M. Patrick Diligent
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=
longitude=4.39722222222
latitude=48.0552777778
alt moy=167 m
alt mini= m
alt maxi= m
hectares=443
km²=4,43
sans=145
date-sans=1999
dens=32|

Buxeuil is a village and commune in France.

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.

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.

Miscellaneous

Buxeuil is one of the smallest communes in the Côte des Bar region of the Southern Champagne.

ee also

*French wine
*Champagne Riots