Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec
Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. It is the least populated commune of Charente.
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 The church in Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec | |
Location of Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec 
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| Coordinates: 45°56′27″N 0°18′55″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente |
| Arrondissement | Confolens |
| Canton | Charente-Nord |
| Intercommunality | Trois Vallées |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Lucien Schmitzer |
| Area 1 | 2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 31 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (34/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. | |
Geography
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.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1800 | 152 | — |
| 1841 | 282 | +85.5% |
| 1866 | 227 | −19.5% |
| 1886 | 161 | −29.1% |
| 1901 | 150 | −6.8% |
| 1921 | 121 | −19.3% |
| 1936 | 107 | −11.6% |
| 1954 | 102 | −4.7% |
| 1962 | 76 | −25.5% |
| 1968 | 83 | +9.2% |
| 1975 | 67 | −19.3% |
| 1982 | 50 | −25.4% |
| 1990 | 46 | −8.0% |
| 1999 | 35 | −23.9% |
| 2008 | 36 | +2.9% |
The population of Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec is now a mix of French nationals and British.
Economy
Agricultural: bovine and crops mainly maize, oil seed rape and sunflowers, diversification into raising of Alpaca s, for wool and breeding [2]
Sights
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.
See also
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Farrlacey. "farm breeding alpacas in Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec", 2007. accessed 20 April 2010.
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