Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec
Encyclopedia
Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec is a commune
in the Charente
department in southwestern France
. It is the least populated commune of Charente.
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 predominately clay.
s, for wool and breeding
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 26-06-1944
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Charente
Charente
Charente is a department in southwestern France, in the Poitou-Charentes region, named after the Charente River, the most important river in the department, and also the river beside which the department's two largest towns, Angoulême and Cognac, are sited.-History:Charente is one of the original...
department in southwestern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. 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 predominately clay.
Population
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 AlpacaAlpaca
An alpaca is a domesticated species of South American camelid. It resembles a small llama in appearance.Alpacas are kept in herds that graze on the level heights of the Andes of southern Peru, northern Bolivia, Ecuador, and northern Chile at an altitude of to above sea level, throughout the year...
s, for wool and breeding
Sights
The village of Saint Sulpice is centred around its 12th century church, directly outside the church is a war memorial dedicated to 8 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 26-06-1944