Rochefort, Charente-Maritime

Rochefort
Subprefectur an commune
Port in Rochefort
Coat airms
Rochefort
Coordinates: 45°56′32″N 0°57′32″W
Kintra	Fraunce
Arrondissement	Rochefort
Canton	Rochefort
Intercommunality	Rochefort Océan
Region	New Aquitaine
Govrenment
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Hervé Blanché
Area 1	21.95 km2 (8.47 sq mi)
Population  (2016-01-01)2	24,894
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	17300
Elevation	0–29 m (0–95 ft) (avg. 5 m or 16 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.

Rochefort, also kent as Rochefort-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: ​[ʁɔʃfɔʁ syʁ mɛʁ]), is a ceety an commune o Soothwastren Fraunce, a port on the Charente River. It is a subprefectur o the Charente-Maritime depairtment, locatit in the admeenistrative region o New Aquitaine (formerly Poitou-Charentes).

See also

• Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (Scots: The Yung Girls o Rochefort), film directit bi Jacques Demi wi Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, an Gene Kelly, wi muisic composit bi Michel Legrand.