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La Rochelle

French commune and prefecture of Charente-Maritime, New Aquitaine
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Summary

La Rochelle is a commune of France[1]. It ranks in the top 0.13% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,334 views/month, #39 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Arrondissement of La Rochelle[3], Charente-Maritime[4]
  • Country: France[5]
  • Instance of: port city[6], city[7]
  • Shares border with: Aytré[8], L'Houmeau[9], Lagord[10], Périgny[11], Puilboreau[12], Rivedoux-Plage[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: canton of la Rochelle-1[14], canton of la Rochelle-2[15], canton of La Rochelle-4[16], canton of La Rochelle-5[17], canton of La Rochelle-6[18], canton of La Rochelle-7[19], canton of La Rochelle-8[20], canton of La Rochelle-9[21]
  • Twinned administrative body: Petrozavodsk[22], Lübeck[23], New Rochelle[24], Acre[25], Essaouira[26], Santiago de Figueiró[27], Corrientes[28], Newport[29]
  • Postal code: 17000[30]
  • Commons category: La Rochelle[31]
  • Local dialing code: 546[32]
  • Archives at: archives municipales de La Rochelle[33]
  • Significant event: Allied Siege of La Rochelle[34], Siege of La Rochelle[35], Blockade of La Rochelle[36]
  • Official website: http://www.ville-larochelle.fr[37], https://www.larochelle.fr/[38]
  • Topic's main category: Category:La Rochelle[39]
  • Commons gallery: La Rochelle[40]
  • Email address: mailto:courrier@ville-larochelle.fr[41]
  • Population: 74,344[42], 75,170[43], 75,404[44], 78,623[45], 75,735[46], 76,114[47], 73,347[48], 75,367[49], 75,840[50], 71,094[51], 76,584[52], 77,196[53], 74,880[54], 77,205[55]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for La Rochelle include it – Île de Ré Airport[56], an airport[57], in France[58].

Why It Matters

La Rochelle has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

Entities named for it include it – Île de Ré Airport[56], an airport[57], in France[58].

Related Entities

Aimé Bonpland Aytré city Das Boot Essaouira Eugène Fromentin France Heinrich Lübke Jean-Loup Chrétien Jean-Paul Sartre John Theophilus Desaguliers Martine Ceberio Peter Paul Rubens Protestant University of La Rochelle Raiders of the Lost Ark René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur The Three Musketeers William-Adolphe Bouguereau

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . petrozavodsk-mo.ru. petrozavodsk-mo.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . insee.fr. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [57] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'avk', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'bo'
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  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 11w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lur encyclopedic dictionary id → —
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    Contains the administrative territorial entity → canton of la Rochelle-1, canton of la Rochelle-2, canton of La Rochelle-4 +5
    Contact page url → https://www.larochelle.fr/contact
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