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  La Rochelle | |
Location within Poitou-Charentes region | |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | La Rochelle |
| Intercommunality | La Rochelle |
| Mayor | Maxime Bono (2008–2014) |
| Statistics | |
| 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. | |
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
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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