Buxières-les-Mines

Buxières-les-Mines
The road into Buxières-les-Mines
Buxières-les-Mines
Location within Auvergne region  Buxières-les-Mines
Coordinates: 46°28′08″N 2°57′38″E / 46.4689°N 2.9606°ECoordinates: 46°28′08″N 2°57′38″E / 46.4689°N 2.9606°E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Allier
Arrondissement	Moulins
Canton	Bourbon-l'Archambault
Intercommunality	Bocage Bourbonnais
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	François Olivier[1]
Area^1	46.95 km^2 (18.13 sq mi)
Population (2013)^2	1,055
• Density	22/km^2 (58/sq mi)
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 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,949	—
1968	1,661	−14.8%
1975	1,379	−17.0%
1982	1,380	+0.1%
1990	1,241	−10.1%
1999	1,180	−4.9%
2008	1,078	−8.6%
2013	1,055	−2.1%
Source: INSEE (1968–2013[2])

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

• INSEE

1. "Liste nominative des communes de l'Allier (avec maire, arrondissement et canton)" [Nominative list of communes of Allier (with mayor, arrondissement and canton)] (PDF). Association of Mayors and Presidents of Communities of Allier. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
2. "2013 legal populations - Buxières-les-Mines". INSEE (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2016.