La Rochelle
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. La Rochelle is a coastal city in southwestern France and capital of the Charente-Maritime department. It has been a center for fishing and trade since the 12th century, a maritime tradition that's reflected in its Vieux Port (old harbor) and huge, modern Les Minimes marina. The old town has half-timbered medieval houses and Renaissance architecture, including passageways covered by 17th-century arches.
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La Rochelle | |
| File:La rochelle, Le vieux port.JPG | |
| Old harbour of La Rochelle | |
| Coat of arms of La Rochelle | |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | La Rochelle |
| Intercommunality | CA La Rochelle |
| Mayor | Jean-François Fountaine (2014–2020) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 0–28 m (0–92 ft) (avg. 4 m (13 ft)*) |
| Land area1 | 28.43 km2 (10.98 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 80,014 (2012) |
| - Density | 2,814/km2 (7,290/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. | |
La Rochelle Business School is in the city.
Sister cities
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- File:Flag of Portugal.svg Santiago de Figueiró, Portugal, since 2003
Petrozavodsk, Russia, since 1973
La Rochelle Media
- Carte du pays de Santones sous les Romains Pertuis d Antioche.jpg
Coastline around La Rochelle in Roman times
- Grand temple de La Rochelle.jpg
Protestant "Grand Temple" of La Rochelle, built on the Place du Château, modern Place de Verdun, in 1600–1603, accidentally burned down in 1687
- Entrance to La Rochelle harbour Claude Lorrain 1631.JPG
Entrance to La Rochelle harbour Claude Lorrain 1631
- Siege of La Rochelle 1881 Henri Motte.png
Cardinal Richelieu at the siege of La Rochelle, Henri Motte, 1881
- Expulsion from La Rochelle of 300 Protestant famillies Nov 1661 Jan Luiken 1649 1712.jpg
Expulsion from La Rochelle of 300 Protestant families in November 1661, Jan Luiken (1649–1712)
- La Rochelle slave ship Le Saphir 1741.jpg
La Rochelle slave ship Le Saphir ex-voto, 1741
La Rochelle harbour in 1762 – Joseph Vernet; Musée de la Marine
- Baselapallice08.jpg
U-boat pens at the harbor of La Rochelle (2007)
La Rochelle harbour by Vernet in 1762 and the same view 2019
- Entrance La Rochelle old harbor.jpg
Entrance of old harbor, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France
Other websites
Media related to La Rochelle at Wikimedia Commons
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