Coordinates: 46°01′46″N 0°12′00″E / 46.0294°N 0.2°E / 46.0294; 0.2

Ruffec, Charente

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Ruffec
Town hall
Town hall
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CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente
ArrondissementConfolens
CantonCharente-Nord
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Thierry Bastier[1]
Area
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13.37 km2 (5.16 sq mi)
Population
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Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
16292 /16700
Elevation83–145 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

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Its inhabitants are known as the Ruffécois or the Ruffécoises in French.[3]

Twin towns – sister cities

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Ruffec is twinned with:

Climate

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Climate data for Ruffec (1981–2010 normals, extremes 1959–2018)
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

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References

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  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Ruffec, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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