Ruffec
Ruffec 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.
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Ruffec 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.
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• Name — Ruffec • Commune Status — Commune • Image Coat Of Arms — Blason Ruffec.svg • Arrondissement — Confolens • Canton — Charente-Nord • Insee — 16292 • Postal Code — 16700 • Mayor — Thierry Bastier • Term — 2020–2026 • Elevation Min M — 83 • Elevation Max M — 145 • Area Km2 — 13.37 • Population — population_total • Population Date — population_as_of • Population Footnotes — population_footnotes Ruffec 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.
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Its inhabitants are known as the Ruffécois or the Ruffécoises in French.
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Twin towns – sister cities
Ruffec is twinned with: • Waldsee, Germany • Pásztó, Hungary
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