La Rochelle
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Location within Poitou-Charentes region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | La Rochelle |
| Intercommunality | La Rochelle |
| Mayor | Maxime Bono (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 0–28 m (0–92 ft) (avg. 4 m/13 ft) |
| Land area1 | 28.43 km2 (10.98 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 75,822 (2008) |
| - Density | 2,667 /km2 (6,910 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 17300/ 17000 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 46°09′33″N 1°09′06″W / 46.1591°N 1.1517°W
La Rochelle is a city in the Charente-Maritime department and a seaport in western France near the Bay of Biscay. The Huguenots there rebelled in 1627 and 1628.
Sister cities[change | edit source]
La Rochelle is twinned with:
Lübeck, Germany, since 1988
New Rochelle, United States, since 1910- Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Acre, Israel, since 1972
Essaouira, Morocco, since 1999
Santiago de Figueiró, Portugal, since 2003
Petrozavodsk, Russia, since 1973
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