Buxières-les-Mines
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Buxières-les-Mines is a commune
in the Allier
department in central France
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in the nearby city of Chavenon
. It was used for the transport of coal
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Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Allier
Allier
Allier is a department in central France named after the river Allier.- History :Allier is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Auvergne and Bourbonnais.In 1940, the government of Marshal...
department in central France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Population
Transport
Buxières-les-Mines was served by railway. The railway station was Gare de ChavenonGare de Chavenon
-Destinations:The following connections was offered:* To Montluçon* To MoulinsThis railway station was used too for the transport of coal produced in the nearby city of Buxières-les-Mines.-External links:...
in the nearby city of Chavenon
Chavenon
Chavenon is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne in central France.-History:The former name is Ecclesia de Cavenone, the name of a monastery which was destroyed in the French Revolution.-Population:-Government:...
. It was used for the transport of coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
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