Buxières-les-Mines () is a
commune in the
Allier
Allier ( , , ; ) is a Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region that borders Cher (department), Cher to the west, Nièvre to the north, Saône-et-Loire and Loire (department), Loire to the east, Pu ...
department in central
France
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Population
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
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other Chemical element, elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coal i ...
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Personalities
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Louis Ganne
Louis-Gaston Ganne (5 April 1862 in Buxières-les-Mines (Allier) – 13/14 July 1923 in Paris) was a conductor and composer of French operas, operettas, ballets, and marches.
Biography
Ganne was born in the Auvergne region of France and grew up ...
, composer and conductor, was born in Buxières-les-Mines.
See also
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Communes of the Allier department
The following is a list of the 317 Communes of France, communes of the Allier Departments of France, department of France.
Intercommunalities
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (a ...
References
Communes of Allier
Mining communities in France
Allier communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia
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