Buffard
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Buffard
|commune status = Commune
|image = Buffard, église - img 46690.jpg
|caption = The church in Buffard
|coordinates = {{coord|47.0375|5.8256|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|INSEE = 25098
|postal code = 25440
|arrondissement = Besançon
|canton = Saint-Vit
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Loue-Lison
|elevation min m = 236
|elevation max m = 450
|area km2 = 8.1
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Buffard ({{IPA|fr|byfaʁ}}) is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Population
{{Historical populations
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1962|119|
1968|149|
1975|110|
1982|126|
1990|147|
1999|135|
2008|162|
2012|155
}}
Personalities
Armand-Émile Mathey-Doret (born 1853 in Besançon, Doubs – 1931 in Buffard) was the only French artist to be allowed by Queen Victoria to make pictures of her.[http://www.racinescomtoises.net/Armand-Emile-Mathey-Doret-1853 Racines comtoises] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724030241/http://www.racinescomtoises.net/Armand-Emile-Mathey-Doret-1853 |date=July 24, 2011 }} {{in lang|fr}} He received the French Legion of Honor in 1901. He was elected Mayor circa 1908. His art-works are at the following museums held at the Hermitage Museum (Lord Warton), Le Louvre (portrait de Charles 1er d'Angleterre / Ruppert de bavière et son frère), and Windsor Castle (Rubens).
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See also
References
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{{Doubs communes}}
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