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

|mayor = Joëlle Maurice{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}

|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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Category:Communes of Doubs

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