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Rochefort, Charente-Maritime

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).

Rochefort

France

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Charente-Maritime

Rochefort

Rochefort

CA Rochefort Océan

Hervé Blanché[1]

21.95 km2 (8.47 sq mi)

23,092

1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi)

UTC+01:00 (CET)

UTC+02:00 (CEST)

17299 /17300

0–29 m (0–95 ft)
(avg. 5 m or 16 ft)

Geography[edit]

Rochefort lies on the river Charente, close to its outflow into the Atlantic Ocean. It is about 30 km southeast of La Rochelle. Rochefort station has rail connections to La Rochelle, Nantes and Bordeaux.

a hospital, incorporating a School of Naval Medicine (now a museum)

the Arsenal with a monumental gateway and the National Navy Museum (Musée National de la Marine)

the Rope Factory (corderie), at over 370 metres long for centuries the longest manufacturing building in the world

three dry docks (radoubs) for shipbuilding and repair

a cannon foundry (not open to the public)

Noteworthy buildings of the original naval establishment include:


Other sights include:

(1745–1804), French admiral.

Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville

(1807–1873), French admiral, conqueror of Vietnam.

Charles Rigault de Genouilly

(1850–1923), a French naval officer and novelist. His house is now a museum.[5]

Pierre Loti

(1866-1915), Governor General of French West Africa.

Amédée William Merlaud-Ponty

(1907–1998), pseudonym of Anne Desclos, author

Pauline Réage

(1908–1961), philosopher

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

(born 1946), a French journalist, former rugby-match commentator and since then polemicist.

Pierre Salviac

Rochefort was the birthplace of:

Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain

Spain

Papenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

Germany

Rochefort is twinned with:[6]

Communes of the Charente-Maritime department

Kaolin deposits of the Charentes Basin

film directed by Jacques Demy with Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, and Gene Kelly with music composed by Michel Legrand

The Young Girls of Rochefort

Official website