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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Ruffec
|commune status = [[Communes of France|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
|mayor = Thierry Bastier<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
|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 [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Charente]] [[Departments of France|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Population==
Its inhabitants are known as the ''Ruffécois'' or the ''Ruffécoises'' in French.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

{{Historical populations
|align = none
|cols = 2
|percentages = pagr
|source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|30010|Ruffec}}</ref> and INSEE (1968-2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-16292#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|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==
Ruffec is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:

* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Waldsee, Palatinate|Waldsee]], Germany
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Pásztó]], Hungary

==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<ref>{{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}}</ref>}}

==See also==
*[[Communes of the Charente department]]

==References==
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