Buxy

Buxy
Buxy
Commune
	Tour Rouge (Red Tower) in Buxy
	Coat of arms
	Location of Buxy
	Buxy Buxy
	Coordinates: 46°42′45″N 4°41′50″E / 46.7125°N 4.6972°E
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Saône-et-Loire
Arrondissement	Chalon-sur-Saône
Canton	Givry
Intercommunality	Sud Côte chalonnaise
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Lanoiselet
Area 1	11.92 km2 (4.60 sq mi)
Population (2021)	2,151
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	71070 /71390
Elevation	186–428 m (610–1,404 ft) ; (avg. 266 m or 873 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Buxy (French pronunciation: [byksi]) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It was the headquarters of a medieval hospital which was the hospital of Tornus in the 17th century.^[3]

History

Buxy was the property of count of Chalon until 1237, when Buxy became the property of the Dukes of Burgundy. In 1477, Louis XI make of Buxy a part of the French kingdom and was named Buxy-le-Royal. En 1565, Buxy became the property of the prince of Condé later property of the Counts of Soissons, they sold Buxy in 1626 to the marquis of Uxelles. Buxy was the headquarters of a medieval hospital, attached with the hospital of Tournus in the 17th century.