Ruffec, Charente
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Ruffec
|commune status = Commune
|image = Ruffec hv.JPG
|caption = Town hall
|image coat of arms = Blason Ruffec.svg
|arrondissement = Confolens
|canton = Charente-Nord
|INSEE = 16292
|postal code = 16700
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality =
|coordinates = {{coord|46.0294|0.2|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation min m = 83
|elevation max m = 145
|area km2 = 13.37
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Ruffec ({{IPA|fr|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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mairie-ruffec.fr/page/histoire-et-patrimoine|title=Ruffec, histoire et patrimoine - Mairie Ruffec|website=www.mairie-ruffec.fr|access-date=2019-12-17}}
Population
Its inhabitants are known as the Ruffécois or the Ruffécoises in French.{{Cite web|url=https://www.habitants.fr/charente-16|title=Le nom des habitants du 16 - Charente - Habitants|website=www.habitants.fr|access-date=2019-12-17}}
{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|30010|Ruffec}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-16292#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1793 |1937
|1800 |2110
|1806 |2197
|1821 |2526
|1831 |3004
|1841 |2977
|1846 |3074
|1851 |3654
|1856 |3109
|1861 |3235
|1866 |3175
|1872 |3233
|1876 |3385
|1881 |3642
|1886 |3589
|1891 |3527
|1896 |3426
|1901 |3474
|1906 |3375
|1911 |3483
|1921 |3231
|1926 |3194
|1931 |3292
|1936 |3467
|1946 |3874
|1954 |3724
|1962 |4009
|1968 |4157
|1975 |4241
|1982 |4193
|1990 |3893
|1999 |3630
|2007 |3594
|2012 |3494
|2017 |3410
}}
Twin towns – sister cities
Climate
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Ruffec (1981–2010 normals, extremes 1959–2018)
|Jan record high C = 17.4
|Feb record high C = 23.5
|Mar record high C = 26.6
|Apr record high C = 29.6
|May record high C = 33.3
|Jun record high C = 38.4
|Jul record high C = 38.6
|Aug record high C = 40.2
|Sep record high C = 36.4
|Oct record high C = 30.3
|Nov record high C = 24.0
|Dec record high C = 19.0
|Jan record low C = -19.0
|Feb record low C = -14.9
|Mar record low C = -11.6
|Apr record low C = -4.4
|May record low C = -1.4
|Jun record low C = 2.0
|Jul record low C = 4.2
|Aug record low C = 3.2
|Sep record low C = 1.2
|Oct record low C = -3.3
|Nov record low C = -9.0
|Dec record low C = -11.4
|Jan high C = 8.3
|Feb high C = 9.9
|Mar high C = 13.6
|Apr high C = 16.3
|May high C = 20.3
|Jun high C = 24.0
|Jul high C = 26.8
|Aug high C = 26.7
|Sep high C = 23.1
|Oct high C = 18.2
|Nov high C = 12.0
|Dec high C = 8.7
| year high C = 17.4
|Jan mean C = 5.0
|Feb mean C = 5.7
|Mar mean C = 8.5
|Apr mean C = 10.7
|May mean C = 14.6
|Jun mean C = 17.9
|Jul mean C = 20.1
|Aug mean C = 19.9
|Sep mean C = 16.8
|Oct mean C = 13.2
|Nov mean C = 8.1
|Dec mean C = 5.5
| year mean C = 12.2
|Jan low C = 1.7
|Feb low C = 1.5
|Mar low C = 3.4
|Apr low C = 5.1
|May low C = 8.8
|Jun low C = 11.7
|Jul low C = 13.4
|Aug low C = 13.1
|Sep low C = 10.6
|Oct low C = 8.3
|Nov low C = 4.2
|Dec low C = 2.3
| year low C = 7.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 81.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 64.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 59.2
|Apr precipitation mm = 67.7
|May precipitation mm = 74.8
|Jun precipitation mm = 53.2
|Jul precipitation mm = 45.7
|Aug precipitation mm = 49.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 60.9
|Oct precipitation mm = 89.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 90.3
|Dec precipitation mm = 95.6
|year precipitation mm = 832.4
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 11.8
| Feb precipitation days = 10.0
| Mar precipitation days = 9.9
| Apr precipitation days = 11.0
| May precipitation days = 11.7
| Jun precipitation days = 7.7
| Jul precipitation days = 7.5
| Aug precipitation days = 7.0
| Sep precipitation days = 7.7
| Oct precipitation days = 11.2
| Nov precipitation days = 12.3
| Dec precipitation days = 12.2
| year precipitation days =120.1
|source 1 = Meteociel{{cite web
|url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=16292001
|title=Normales et records pour Ruffec (16)
|publisher=Meteociel
|access-date=21 November 2024}}}}
See also
References
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