Buchères

Infobox Commune de France
nomcommune=Buchères
région=Champagne-Ardenne
département=Aube| arrondissement=Troyes
canton=Bouilly
insee= 10067
cp=10800
maire= Daniel Lebeau
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=
longitude= 4.10917
latitude= 48.23861
alt moy=118 m
alt mini=
alt maxi=
hectares=714
km²=7.14
sans=1375
date-sans=1999
dens= 192|

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

On August 24 1944, men of the 51st SS-Brigade have massacred 68 people, of whom 10 children under ten year old, 5 elderly above seventy years, 35 women and three babys of 18, 11 and 6 months. [fr Bruge, Roger (1994) "1944 Le temps des Massacres, les crimes de la Gestapo et de la 51e Brigade SS", Albin Michel, ISBN 2-226-06966-6]

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