Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac (French pronunciation: [ʁufiɲak sɛ̃ sɛʁnɛ̃ də ʁɛjak]; Occitan: Rofinhac e Sent Sarnin de Relhac) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Surrounded by rolling hills and agricultural land uses, Rouffignac's nearest communities are the municipalities of Fleurac, St. Geyrac and Saint-Félix-de-Reillac-and-Mortemarts.
[4] The destruction was caused because two German officers of the Brehmer Division were captured by the French Resistance during World War II.
No one was killed during the destruction but a rape was reported and many private families had all their possessions stolen by the German army.
The Rouffignac Cave is an important tourist site, running many miles deep, and served by an electric underground train.