Ruffec
The busy market town of Ruffec is situated on the Lien river in the quiet countryside to the North-West of the Charente department. It has a large selection of shops, restaurants and sporting facilities as well as a twice weekly market and a train station. Established in 963, under king LOTHAIRE, when Guillaume TAILLEFER II received the domain of Ruffus or Ruffiacus as a reward for his warlike exploits against the Normans.
