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Rochefort

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Also known as Rochefort-sur-Mer

French commune in Charente-Maritime, New Aquitaine

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Rochefort is a commune in France, situated within the Charente-Maritime department and the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It serves as the capital of the Arrondissement of Rochefort and the cantons of Rochefort-Centre, Rochefort-Nord, and Rochefort-Sud. The town is located next to the Charente body of water and shares borders with Breuil-Magné, Échillais, Loire-les-Marais, and Saint-Hippolyte. Its official postal code is 17300.

The area of Rochefort is 21.95 square units, with an elevation of 15 or 16 meters. Population figures are recorded as 29,226 and 29,427. The town has received the French Towns and Lands of Art and History award. Rochefort is twinned with Torrelavega and Annapolis.

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Place details

Locality
Rochefort
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Population
29,427
Timezone
Europe/Paris

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Air quality

54US AQIModerate
PM2.5
11.0 µg/m³
PM10
16.8 µg/m³
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Wikidata facts

Official name
Rochefort
Country
France
Population
23460
Area
21.95
Elevation
7
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Body of water
Charente
Shares border with
Vergeroux
Official website
www.ville-rochefort.fr
Image
440 - Place Colbert - Rochefort.jpg
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twinned administrative body
Annapolis
Commons category
Rochefort (Charente-Maritime)
postal code
17300
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Rochefort
Commons gallery
Rochefort (Charente-Maritime)
different from
Rochefort
associated electoral district
canton of Rochefort
male population
11179
female population
12972
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+33-5-46-82-65-00
fax number
+33-5-46-82-65-99
number of viewers/listeners
495939
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Encyclopedic overview

Rochefort ( French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃfɔʁ] ; Occitan: Ròchafòrt), unofficially Rochefort-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃfɔʁ syʁ mɛʁ]; Occitan: Ròchafòrt de Mar) for disambiguation, is a city and commune in Southwestern France, a port on the Charente estuary. It is a subprefecture of the Charente-Maritime department, located in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Poitou-Charentes).

Geography

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