Ruffec | |
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 Town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Ruffec | |
  Ruffec  Ruffec | |
| Coordinates:46°01′46″N0°12′00″E / 46.0294°N 0.2°E /46.0294; 0.2 | |
| 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 (2022)[2] | 3,394 |
| • Density | 253.9/km2 (657.5/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. | |
Ruffec (French pronunciation:[ʁyfɛk]) is acommune in theCharentedepartment in southwesternFrance.
It is a stopover town on the road from Paris to Spain (Route nationale 10), betweenPoitiers andAngoulême.
During the Second World War, Ruffec was at the centre of Resistance for the evacuation of the Allied airmen towards Spain.[3]
Its inhabitants are known as theRuffécois or theRuffécoises in French.[4]
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| Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ruffec istwinned with:
| 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) |
| Averageprecipitation 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] | |||||||||||||
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