Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec | |
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 The church in Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec | |
Location of Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec | |
  Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec  Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec | |
| Coordinates: 45°56′27″N 0°18′55″E / 45.9408°N 0.3153°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 | 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. | |
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.
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. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Economy
Agricultural: bovine and crops mainly maize, oil seed rape and sunflowers, diversification into raising of Alpaca s, for wool and breeding [4]
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
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ↑ Farrlacey. "farm breeding alpacas in Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec", 2007. accessed 20 April 2010.
