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La Rochelle | |
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| Old harbour of La Rochelle | |
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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 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 Business School is in the city.
Sister cities
La Rochelle is twinned with:
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Lübeck, Germany, since 1988 -
New Rochelle, United States, since 1910 - Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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Acre, Israel, since 1972 -
Essaouira, Morocco, since 1999 -
Santiago de Figueiró, Portugal, since 2003 -
Petrozavodsk, Russia, since 1973
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