Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac

French commune
nomcommune=Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac
région=Aquitaine
département=Dordogne
arrondissement=Sarlat-la-Canéda
canton=Montignac
insee=24356
cp=24580
maire=Jean-Gérard Faure
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Terre de Cro-Magnon
longitude=0.97
latitude=45.04861
alt moy=280 m
alt mini=116
alt maxi=304 m
hectares=5,990
km²=59.90
sans=1484
date-sans=1999
dens=24
date-dens=1999

Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.

History

The town has little history as it was destroyed by the Germans in March 1944, the only remaining buildings being the church and the house adjacent. The destruction was caused because two German officers were captured by the French Resistance during World War II. The captives were not harmed but escaped and returned to the town for retribution. 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.

Rouffignac today

These days the town is a good place to stay to visit the various historical sites of the region. It had its own history in the Rouffignac Cave which is many miles deep and has prehistoric cave paintings of woolly mammoths and other animals.The town is a living community and holds a market on Sunday mornings which sells many local products.

ee also

*Communes of the Dordogne department

References

"Based on the article in the French Wikipedia."