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Rochefort
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Rochefort
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Arrondissement of Rochefort
- Population
- 23460
- Area
- 21.95
- Elevation
- 7
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Charente
- Capital of
- canton of Rochefort
- Shares border with
- Vergeroux
- Official website
- www.ville-rochefort.fr
- Image
- 440 - Place Colbert - Rochefort.jpg
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- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Rochefort (Charente-Maritime)
- twinned administrative body
- Annapolis
- Commons category
- Rochefort (Charente-Maritime)
- postal code
- 17300
- topic's main category
- Category:Rochefort, Charente-Maritime
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Rochefort
- Commons gallery
- Rochefort (Charente-Maritime)
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Rochefort, Charente-Maritime
- different from
- Rochefort
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- associated electoral district
- canton of Rochefort
- male population
- 11179
- female population
- 12972
- P8168
- Franklin County
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- contact page URL
- www.ville-rochefort.fr/contact
- 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).
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