Buix
Former municipality in Jura, Switzerland
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Buix (Frainc-Comtou: Boé) is a former municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
Buix | |
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 Location of Buix | |
  Buix Location within Switzerland  Buix Location within Canton of Jura | |
| Coordinates: 47°29′N 07°02′E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Jura |
| District | Porrentruy |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Thierry Crétin |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.23 km2 (3.18 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 383 m (1,257 ft) |
| Population (2003) | |
• Total | 476 |
| • Density | 57.8/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 2925 |
| SFOS number | 6777 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-JU |
| Surrounded by | Montignez, Courtemaîche, Bure, Boncourt, Villars-le-Sec (F), Courcelles (F) |
| Website | www.buix.ch |
On 1 January 2009 the former municipalities of Buix, Courtemaîche and Montignez merged to form the new municipality of Basse-Allaine.[1]
The village is situated in a small valley in the middle of which runs the river Allaine.
