Rouffignac
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Charente-Maritime | |
| Arrondissement | Jonzac | |
| Canton | Les Trois Monts | |
| Community association | Haute-Saintonge | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 20 ′ N , 0 ° 27 ′ W | |
| height | 34-111 m | |
| surface | 14.62 km 2 | |
| Residents | 422 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 29 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 17130 | |
| INSEE code | 17305 | |
 Rouffignac Town Hall |
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Rouffignac is a southwestern French community with 422 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Charente-Maritime in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Poitou-Charentes ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement Jonzac and the canton Les Trois Monts (until 2015 Montendre ). The inhabitants are called Rouffignacois .
location
Rouffignac is located in the south of the Saintonge about 55 kilometers north-northeast of Bordeaux . Rouffignac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Villexavier in the north, Tugéras-Saint-Maurice in the north-east, Chartuzac in the east, Coux in the east and south-east, Chamouillac in the south and south-west, Courpignac in the west and south-west and Salignac-de-Mirambeau in the west and north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 506 | 475 | 418 | 374 | 358 | 361 | 427 | 422 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Christophe church from the 12th century, monument historique since 1925
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Charente-Maritime. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-84234-129-5 , pp. 504-506.
