Ruffiac, Lot-et-Garonne
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Ruffiac | |
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 The town hall in Ruffiac | |
Location of Ruffiac  | |
  Ruffiac  Ruffiac | |
| Coordinates: 44°21′55″N 0°01′54″E / 44.3653°N 0.0317°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Lot-et-Garonne |
| Arrondissement | Marmande |
| Canton | Les Forêts de Gascogne |
| Intercommunality | CC Coteaux et Landes de Gascogne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Didier Le Jallé[1] |
Area 1 | 12.84 km2 (4.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 180 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (36/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 47227 /47700 |
| Elevation | 54 m (177 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Ruffiac (French pronunciation: [ʁyfjak]; Occitan: Rufiac) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France.[3]
The population of Volgelsheim (Haut-Rhin) was moved to the town and the neighboring Antagnac September 1939 to June 1940, a width of 10 km from the Rhine area were evacuated to make room for French armies. There is a street named Volgelsheim Street in Ruffiac.
In January 1973, Ruffiac was merged with the neighbor Antagnac. In March 2001, the two communes were separated again.[4]
