Rochechouart
Sign in to saveRochechouart (, ; , earlier ) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, west central France. It is a subprefecture of the department.
Weather now
cached 5h ago9°broken clouds
90% 0.8 m/s OpenWeatherMap
7-day forecast
via Open-Meteo
Place details
- Locality
- Rochechouart
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 3,868
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Rochechouart
- French commune.commune status
- Subprefecture and commune
- French commune.image
- Rochechouart chateau.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Rochechouart castle
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason-Rochechouart.svg
- French commune.intercommunality
- CC Porte Océane du Limousin
- French commune.elevation m
- 265
- French commune.elevation min m
- 159
- French commune.elevation max m
- 313
- French commune.area km2
- 53.88
- French commune.arrondissement
- Rochechouart
- French commune.canton
- Rochechouart
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Roche-sur-Graine
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Rochechouart
- Population
- +3603
- Area
- +53.88
- Elevation
- +249
- Shares border with
- Vayres
- Official website
- www.rochechouart.com
- Image
- Rochechouart - Hôtel de ville.JPG
Show 4 more facts
Article
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Rochechouart impact structure
- Population changes
- Gallery
- See also
- References
Rochechouart (, ; , earlier ) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, west central France. It is a subprefecture of the department.
The name of the town comes from Latin roca cavardi, which roughly translates as the rock of Cavardus, the lord who had the fortified place built at the beginning of the 11th century. More often than not, natives pronounce it , not as is its pronunciation in Standard French.