La Rochelle: facts

At a glance

• Country: France
• Region: New Aquitaine
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 76,810
• Coordinates: 46.1631° N, 1.1522° W
• Time zone: Europe/Paris (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Paris: 398 km (247 mi), straight line

Getting there

• La Rochelle Île de Ré Airport (LRH): 3.8 km (2.3 mi), straight line
• Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE): 116 km (72 mi), straight line
• Poitiers-Biard Airport (PIS): 121 km (75 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Rochefort: 28 km (18 mi)
• Fontenay-le-Comte: 43 km (27 mi)
• Saint-Jean-d'Angely: 54 km (34 mi)
• Niort: 56 km (35 mi)
• La Roche-sur-Yon: 60 km (37 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Nantes, 121 km (75 mi)

Things to see

• Eugène Fromentin (memorial)
• Amiral Duperré (Victor Guy) (memorial)
• Clocher Saint-Jean (historic)
• Le Bunker de La Rochelle (museum)
• Le Soleil Noir (artwork)
• Musée des Beaux-Arts (museum)