<span class="mw-page-title-main">La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime)</span>

La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime)

<p><b>La Rochelle</b> is een <a href="/nl/Frankrijk" title="Frankrijk" class="wl">Franse</a> <a href="/nl/Havenstad" title="Havenstad" class="wl">havenstad</a> aan de <a href="/nl/Atlantische_Oceaan" title="Atlantische Oceaan" class="wl">Atlantische Oceaan</a>. Het is de <a href="/nl/Hoofdstad" title="Hoofdstad" class="wl">hoofdstad</a> van het <a href="/nl/Departement_(Frankrijk)" title="Departement (Frankrijk)" class="mw-redirect wl">departement</a> <a href="/nl/Charente-Maritime" title="Charente-Maritime" class="wl">Charente-Maritime</a> (17). De stad telde in 2019 77.205 inwoners en was daarmee de grootste stad van het departement.</p>

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<th class="infobox-kop notheme" style="background-color:#e3e3e3; text-align:center;" colspan="2">Gemeente in <a href="/nl/Frankrijk_(hoofdbetekenis)" title="Frankrijk (hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect wl">Frankrijk</a> <span><a href="/nl/Bestand:Flag_of_France_(1958–1976).svg" class="mw-file-description image wl" title="Vlag van Frankrijk"><img loading="lazy"alt="Vlag van Frankrijk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_France_%281958%E2%80%931976%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_France_%281958%E2%80%931976%29.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" data-file-type="drawing" height="13" width="20" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_France_%281958%E2%80%931976%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_France_%281958%E2%80%931976%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_France_%281958%E2%80%931976%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_France_%281958%E2%80%931976%29.svg.png 2x"></a></span></th></tr>
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<td style="background:white;" class="center notheme" colspan="2"><div style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; width: 263px;  float:none; clear:both; "><div style="position: relative;border: 1px solid none; padding: 0px; width: 260px"><span class="notpageimage"><a href="/nl/Bestand:France_location_map-Regions_and_departements-2016.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="La Rochelle (Frankrijk)" data-hash="Bestand:France_location_map-Regions_and_departements-2016.svg"><img loading="lazy"alt="La Rochelle (Frankrijk)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/France_location_map-Regions_and_departements-2016.svg/260px-France_location_map-Regions_and_departements-2016.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1922" data-file-type="drawing" height="250" width="260" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/France_location_map-Regions_and_departements-2016.svg/390px-France_location_map-Regions_and_departements-2016.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/France_location_map-Regions_and_departements-2016.svg/520px-France_location_map-Regions_and_departements-2016.svg.png 2x"></a></span><br><div style="position: absolute; z-index: 2;

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left: 29.4%; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"><div style="position: relative; text-align: center; left: -4px; top: -4px; width: 8px; font-size: 8px; line-height:0;"><span><span><img loading="lazy"alt="La Rochelle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" data-file-type="drawing" height="8" width="8" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x"></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 90%; line-height: 110%; position: relative; top: -1.5em; width: 6em; top:-2.65em; left:-3em; text-align: center;"></div></div></div><div style="font-size: 90%"> 
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<th><a href="/nl/Regio's_van_Frankrijk" title="Regio's van Frankrijk" class="wl">Regio</a></th>
<td><a href="/nl/Nouvelle-Aquitaine" title="Nouvelle-Aquitaine" class="wl">Nouvelle-Aquitaine</a></td></tr>
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<th><a href="/nl/Departementen_van_Frankrijk" title="Departementen van Frankrijk" class="wl">Departement</a></th>
<td><a href="/nl/Charente-Maritime" title="Charente-Maritime" class="wl">Charente-Maritime</a> (17)</td></tr>
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<th><a href="/nl/Arrondissement_(Frankrijk)" title="Arrondissement (Frankrijk)" class="wl">Arrondissement</a></th>
<td><a href="/nl/Arrondissement_La_Rochelle" title="Arrondissement La Rochelle" class="wl">La Rochelle</a></td></tr>
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<th><a href="/nl/Kanton_(Frankrijk)" title="Kanton (Frankrijk)" class="wl">Kanton</a></th>
<td>hoofdplaats van 3 kantons: <a href="/nl/Kanton_La_Rochelle-1" title="Kanton La Rochelle-1" class="wl">La Rochelle-1</a>, <a href="/nl/Kanton_La_Rochelle-2" title="Kanton La Rochelle-2" class="wl">2</a> en <a href="/nl/Kanton_La_Rochelle-3" title="Kanton La Rochelle-3" class="wl">3</a></td></tr>
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<th><a href="/nl/Geografische_coördinaten" title="Geografische coördinaten" class="wl">Coördinaten</a></th>
<td><span class="plainlinks"><span class="coordinates plainlinks"><span id="text_coordinates"><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?language=nl&amp;params=46_010_00_N_1_09_00_W_type:city_scale:25000_region:FR&amp;pagename=La_Rochelle_(Charente-Maritime)" class="external text" target="_blank">46° 10<span>′</span> NB, 1° 9<span>′</span> WL</a></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<th><a href="/nl/Oppervlakte" title="Oppervlakte" class="wl">Oppervlakte</a></th>
<td>28,43 km²</td></tr>
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<th><a href="/nl/Bevolking" title="Bevolking" class="wl">Inwoners</a> <br><small class="nowrap">(1 januari 2019)</small></th>
<td>77.205<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-wikidata-6d2b0d6bb6932fdde0b09b0150888cb2ef314448-v3_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-6d2b0d6bb6932fdde0b09b0150888cb2ef314448-v3-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> <br>(2.716 inw./km²)</td></tr>
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<th><a href="/nl/Hoogte_(hoofdbetekenis)" title="Hoogte (hoofdbetekenis)" class="mw-redirect wl">Hoogte</a></th>
<td>0 - 28 <a href="/nl/Meter" title="Meter" class="wl">m</a></td></tr>
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<th>Burgemeester</th>
<td>Jean-François Fountaine</td></tr>
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<th class="infobox-kop" colspan="2">Overig</th></tr>
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<th><a href="/nl/Postcode" title="Postcode" class="wl">Postcode</a></th>
<td>17000</td></tr>
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<th><a href="/nl/Institut_national_de_la_statistique_et_des_études_économiques" title="Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques" class="wl">INSEE</a>-code</th>
<td>17300</td></tr>
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<th>Website</th>
<td><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://www.larochelle.fr/" class="external text" target="_blank">larochelle.fr</a></td></tr>
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<td style="background:white;" class="center notheme" colspan="2"><div style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; width: 263px;  float:none; clear:both; "><div style="position: relative;border: 1px solid none; padding: 0px; width: 260px"><span class="notpageimage"><a href="/nl/Bestand:Charente-Maritime_department_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime)" data-hash="Bestand:Charente-Maritime_department_location_map.svg"><img loading="lazy"alt="La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Charente-Maritime_department_location_map.svg/260px-Charente-Maritime_department_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="942" data-file-height="1132" data-file-type="drawing" height="312" width="260" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Charente-Maritime_department_location_map.svg/390px-Charente-Maritime_department_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Charente-Maritime_department_location_map.svg/520px-Charente-Maritime_department_location_map.svg.png 2x"></a></span><br><div style="position: absolute; z-index: 2;

top: 19.9%;

left: 27.9%; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"><div style="position: relative; text-align: center; left: -4px; top: -4px; width: 8px; font-size: 8px; line-height:0;"><span><span><img loading="lazy"alt="La Rochelle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" data-file-type="drawing" height="8" width="8" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x"></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 90%; line-height: 110%; position: relative; top: -1.5em; width: 6em; top:-2.65em; left:-3em; text-align: center;"></div></div></div><div style="font-size: 90%"> 
</div></div><small>Locatie in Frankrijk Charente-Maritime</small></td></tr>
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<td class="ta-center" style="padding:0;" colspan="2"><span><a href="/nl/Bestand:La_Rochelle_Vieux-Port.JPG" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Vieux-Port in La Rochelle" data-hash="Bestand:La_Rochelle_Vieux-Port.JPG"><img loading="lazy"alt="Vieux-Port in La Rochelle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/La_Rochelle_Vieux-Port.JPG/266px-La_Rochelle_Vieux-Port.JPG" decoding="async" data-file-width="2516" data-file-height="1712" data-file-type="bitmap" height="181" width="266" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/La_Rochelle_Vieux-Port.JPG/399px-La_Rochelle_Vieux-Port.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/La_Rochelle_Vieux-Port.JPG/532px-La_Rochelle_Vieux-Port.JPG 2x"></a></span></td></tr>
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<td class="ta-center" colspan="2" style="font-size:85%"><i>Vieux-Port</i> in La Rochelle</td></tr>
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<tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;"><b>Portaal</b><span>&nbsp;</span> <span class="noviewer"><a href="/nl/Bestand:Portal.svg" class="mw-file-description image wl" title="Portaalicoon"><img loading="lazy"alt="Portaalicoon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Portal.svg/22px-Portal.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="36" data-file-height="32" data-file-type="drawing" height="20" width="22" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Portal.svg/33px-Portal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Portal.svg/44px-Portal.svg.png 2x"></a></span> <span>&nbsp;</span></td>
<td class="ta-left"><b><a href="/nl/Portaal:Frankrijk" title="Portaal:Frankrijk" class="wl">Frankrijk</a></b></td></tr>
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La Rochelle is een Franse havenstad aan de Atlantische Oceaan. Het is de hoofdstad van het departement Charente-Maritime . De stad telde in 2019 77.205 inwoners en was daarmee de grootste stad van het departement. 