Ruffec, Charente
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Ruffec | |
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| Town hall Town hall | |
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Coat of arms of Ruffec Coat of arms | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente |
| Arrondissement | Confolens |
| Canton | Charente-Nord |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Thierry Bastier[1] |
Area 1 | 13.37 km2 (5.16 sq mi) |
| Population (Lua error in Module:Settlement_Wikidata at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).)Lua error in Module:Settlement_Wikidata at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | Lua error in Module:Settlement_Wikidata at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 16292 /16700 |
| Elevation | 83–145 m (272–476 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Ruffec (French pronunciation: [ʁyfɛk]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
It is a stopover town on the road from Paris to Spain (Route nationale 10), between Poitiers and Angoulême.
During the Second World War, Ruffec was at the centre of Resistance for the evacuation of the Allied airmen towards Spain.[2]
Population
[edit | edit source]Its inhabitants are known as the Ruffécois or the Ruffécoises in French.[3]
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| Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Twin towns – sister cities
[edit | edit source]Ruffec is twinned with:
Climate
[edit | edit source]| Climate data for Ruffec (1981–2010 normals, extremes 1959–2018) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.4 (63.3) |
23.5 (74.3) |
26.6 (79.9) |
29.6 (85.3) |
33.3 (91.9) |
38.4 (101.1) |
38.6 (101.5) |
40.2 (104.4) |
36.4 (97.5) |
30.3 (86.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
19.0 (66.2) |
40.2 (104.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
9.9 (49.8) |
13.6 (56.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
20.3 (68.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
8.7 (47.7) |
17.4 (63.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) |
5.7 (42.3) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.7 (51.3) |
14.6 (58.3) |
17.9 (64.2) |
20.1 (68.2) |
19.9 (67.8) |
16.8 (62.2) |
13.2 (55.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
5.5 (41.9) |
12.2 (54.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.7 (35.1) |
1.5 (34.7) |
3.4 (38.1) |
5.1 (41.2) |
8.8 (47.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
13.1 (55.6) |
10.6 (51.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
4.2 (39.6) |
2.3 (36.1) |
7.0 (44.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.0 (−2.2) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
4.2 (39.6) |
3.2 (37.8) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−19.0 (−2.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 81.8 (3.22) |
64.0 (2.52) |
59.2 (2.33) |
67.7 (2.67) |
74.8 (2.94) |
53.2 (2.09) |
45.7 (1.80) |
49.7 (1.96) |
60.9 (2.40) |
89.5 (3.52) |
90.3 (3.56) |
95.6 (3.76) |
832.4 (32.77) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.8 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 11.0 | 11.7 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 11.2 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 120.1 |
| Source: Meteociel[6] | |||||||||||||
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Ruffec, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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