Ruffiac, Lot-et-Garonne

Ruffiac
The town hall in Ruffiac The town hall in Ruffiac
Ruffiac
Location within Aquitaine region Ruffiac
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement	Arrondissement of Marmande
Canton	Canton of Bouglon
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes des Coteaux et des Landes de Gascogne
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	André Laporte
Area1	12.84 km2 (4.96 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	149
• Density	12/km2 (30/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	47227 / 47700
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ruffiac is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France.

History

The population of Volgelsheim (Haut-Rhin) was moved to the town and the neighboring Antagnac September 1939 to June 1940, a width of 10 km from the Rhine area were evacuated to make room for French armies.There is a street named Volgelsheim Street in Ruffiac. In 1972, the town has met with the neighbor Antagnac and 2001, the two towns are separated again

Demography

In 2010, the town had 176 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known throughout the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the twenty-first century, the actual census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants are held every five years, unlike other towns that have a sample survey each year

See also

• Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department