Ruffec, Charente
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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Ruffec (French pronunciation: [ʁyfɛk]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
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Town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 46°01′46″N 0°12′00″E | |
| 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 (2023)[2] | 3,449 |
| • Density | 258.0/km2 (668.1/sq mi) |
| 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. | |
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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| Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2023)[6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Twin towns – sister cities
Climate
| 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[7] | |||||||||||||
