Ruffec, Charente
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Ruffec () is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the Charente department in southwestern
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. It is a stopover town on the road from Paris to Spain (
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), 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.


Population

Its inhabitants are known as the ''Ruffécois'' or the ''Ruffécoises'' in French.


Twin towns – sister cities

Ruffec is twinned with: * Waldsee, Germany *
Pásztó Pásztó is a town in Nógrád County, Hungary. Tibor Rubin was born in Pásztó on 18 June 1929. It then had a Jewish population of 120 families. Twin towns – sister cities Pásztó is twinned with: * Ruffec, France Notable people * Anta ...
, Hungary


See also

*
Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 364 communes of the Charente department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Charente Angoumois {{Charente-geo-stub