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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sylpis də ʁyfɛk], literally Saint-Sulpice of Ruffec) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. With 32 inhabitants (2020), it is the least populated commune of Charente.
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Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec | |
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The church in Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec | |
Coordinates: 45°56′27″N 0°18′55″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Charente |
Arrondissement | Confolens |
Canton | Charente-Nord |
Intercommunality | Val de Charente |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Geoffroy Dudouit[1] |
Area 1 | 2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 36 |
• Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 16356 /16460 |
Elevation | 92–162 m (302–531 ft) (avg. 90 m or 300 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
The commune is situated in the valley of the river Tiarde. The northwest of the commune of Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec is watered by the Tiarde; the remaining land includes the valley's high plateau.
The village of Saint Sulpice consists of a collection of houses grouped around the church and overlooking the valley of the Tiarde and a collection of small hamlets: Le Roule at the edge of the town of Couture, les Fantins near Route of Champagne-Mouton-Chenon in the south of the commune, les Raffoux, Chez Bahuet near to the Tiarde, etc.
The commune of Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec is 10 miles southeast of Ruffec, there is one main road running through the commune the Aunac to Champagne-Mouton road
The soil is predominantly clay.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 83 | — |
1975 | 67 | −3.01% |
1982 | 50 | −4.09% |
1990 | 46 | −1.04% |
1999 | 35 | −2.99% |
2009 | 35 | +0.00% |
2014 | 32 | −1.78% |
2020 | 32 | +0.00% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
The population of Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec is now a mix of French nationals and British.[citation needed]
Agricultural: bovine and crops mainly maize, oil seed rape and sunflowers, diversification into raising of Alpaca s, for wool and breeding [4]
The village of Saint-Sulpice is centred on its 12th-century church. Directly outside the church is a war memorial dedicated to eight people who lost their lives in the first world war (1914–1918).
On the outskirts of the commune of Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec, there is a memorial to a French patriot Largeau Gilbert who was shot on 26 June 1944.
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