Ruffec (French pronunciation: [ʁyfɛk]) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.

It is a stopover town on the road from Paris to Spain (Route nationale 10), between Poitiers and Angoulême.

During the Second World War, Ruffec was at the centre of Resistance for the evacuation of the Allied airmen towards Spain.

[3] Its inhabitants are known as the Ruffécois or the Ruffécoises in French.

This Charente geographical article is a stub.