Ruffec,_Charente

Ruffec, Charente

Ruffec, Charente

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Ruffec (French pronunciation: [ʁyfɛk]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

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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.[3]

Population

Its inhabitants are known as the Ruffécois or the Ruffécoises in French.[4]

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Twin towns – sister cities

Ruffec is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Ruffec, histoire et patrimoine - Mairie Ruffec". www.mairie-ruffec.fr. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Le nom des habitants du 16 - Charente - Habitants". www.habitants.fr. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. [5]
    Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Ruffec, EHESS (in French).
  6. [6]
    Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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