La Rochelle
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La Rochelle | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
 Old harbour of La Rochelle | |
 Coat of arms | |
  La Rochelle Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  La Rochelle | |
| Coordinates: 46°09′33″N 1°09′06″W / 46.1591°N 1.1517°WCoordinates: 46°09′33″N 1°09′06″W / 46.1591°N 1.1517°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | La Rochelle |
| Intercommunality | CA La Rochelle |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-François Fountaine |
| Area 1 | 28.43 km2 (10.98 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)2 | 80,014 |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 17300 /17000 |
| Elevation | 0–28 m (0–92 ft) (avg. 4 m or 13 ft) |
| 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. | |
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 | change 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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