La Rochelle
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  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 | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Depairtment | Charente-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | La Rochelle |
| Intercommunality | La Rochelle |
| Govrenment | |
| • 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 Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. | |
La Rochelle (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔ.ʃɛl]) is a ceety in wastren Fraunce an a seaport on the Bay o Biscay, a pairt o the Atlantic Ocean. It is the caipital o the Charente-Maritime depairtment.
Internaitional relations[eedit | eedit soorce]
Twin touns – Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Lübeck, Germany, syne 1988[1]
New Rochelle, Unitit States, syne 1910[1]
Acre, Israel, syne 1972[1]
Essaouira, Morocco, syne 1999[1]
Santiago de Figueiró, Portugal, syne 2003[1]
Petrozavodsk, Roushie, syne 1973[1]
Corrientes, Argentinae
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