Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ sylpis də ʁyfɛk], literally Saint-Sulpice of Ruffec) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. With 32 inhabitants (2020), it is the least populated commune of Charente.

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Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec
Commune
The church in Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec
Location of Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec
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Coordinates: 45°56′27″N 0°18′55″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Charente
Arrondissement	Confolens
Canton	Charente-Nord
Intercommunality	Val de Charente
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Geoffroy Dudouit[1]
Area 1	2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	36
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	16356 /16460
Elevation	92–162 m (302–531 ft) (avg. 90 m or 300 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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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 predominantly clay.

The population of Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec is now a mix of French nationals and British.^{[citation needed]}

Agricultural: bovine and crops mainly maize, oil seed rape and sunflowers, diversification into raising of Alpaca s, for wool and breeding ^[4]

The village of Saint-Sulpice is centred on its 12th-century church. Directly outside the church is a war memorial dedicated to eight 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 June 1944.

• Communes of the Charente department