{{Infobox settlement | name = Ruiterbos | image_skyline = Robinson Pass01.jpg | image_caption = The Robinson Pass next to the town | pushpin_map = South Africa Western Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|33|56|40|S|22|02|08|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[South Africa]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name1 = [[Western Cape]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Garden Route District Municipality|Garden Route]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Mossel Bay Local Municipality|Mossel Bay]] | timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | population_total = 937 | population_as_of = 2011 | demographics_type1 = Racial Makeup (2011) | demographics1_title1 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]] | demographics1_title2 = [[White South Africans|White]] | demographics1_title3 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black]] | demographics1_title4 = Other | demographics_type2 = First Languages (2011) | demographics2_title1 = [[Afrikaans]] | demographics2_title2 = [[English language|English]] | demographics2_title3 = [[Sign language]] | demographics2_title4 = Other | demographics2_info1 = 87.9% | demographics2_info2 = 6.0% | demographics2_info3 = 4.1% | demographics2_info4 = 2.0% | demographics1_info1 = 55.9% | demographics1_info2 = 34.3% | demographics1_info3 = 10.5% | demographics1_info4 = 0.4% | settlement_type = Village | native_name = Ruiterbosch ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]) }} '''Ruiterbos''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Ruiterbosch'') is a village in the [[Mossel Bay Local Municipality]] in the [[Western Cape]] province of [[South Africa]]. As of 2011, the village had a population of 937 living in 310 households.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Firth |first=Adrian |date=2011 |title=Small Area 0166 in the 2011 Census |url=https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/1760166 |access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref> The village is situated at the foot of the Robinson Pass between [[Mossel Bay]] and [[Oudtshoorn]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Visit Mossel Bay: Ruiterbos |url=https://www.visitmosselbay.co.za/ruiterbos/ |access-date=31 March 2024}}</ref> The settlement is about 22 km north of Mossel Bay, 12 km north of [[Brandwag, Mossel Bay|Brandwag]] and 10 km west of [[Friemersheim]]. The [[R328 (South Africa)|R328]] passes through the town. The village is home to the ''Drie Magrietjies Padstal''. Next to the village is the Ruitersbos Nature Reserve.
==References== <references /> {{Garden Route District Municipality}}[[Category:Populated places in the Mossel Bay Local Municipality]]