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La Rochelle |
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City
Hall :
Hôtel de Ville
BP 1541
17086 La Rochelle
Cédex 02
Phone (+33) 5.46.51.51.51
M.P.-Mayor : Maxime Bono |
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At the conurbation's core, this is
a "beautiful and generous" city, offering a variegated architecture
along its medieval lanes, on its Renaissance façades, or in
its 18th-c. town houses. The stones that built La Rochelle tell
of its history as a free and rebellious city, and the towers
framing the Vieux Port have captivated generations of watercolourists.
Still, La Rochelle's sights are on the future, investing in
its neighbourhoods and carving out new destinies southward,
towards the Ville en Bois and Minimes quarters. To the west,
the commercial harbour at La Pallice is the population's balcony
over the ocean. This coastal city teems with activity, but in
each heart nestles the image of a wind-filled sail. |
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| Surface area : |
2 918 hectares. |
| Population : |
76,594 habitants
(1999 census, an increase of 5,500 habitants over 1990):
19.3% under 18; 24.1% 60 and over; 43% working age. |
| Economy : |
375 enterprises in
industry, 219 in construction, 1,249 stores, 1,353 in
services. |
Main community facilities
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6 libraries, 8 social centres, youth
centre, Carré Amelot, music and dance conservatory, swimming
pool, numerous sports fields and gymnasiums, exhibition park,
Minimes marina.
CDA Urban Community
facilities:
Michel Crépeau Multimedia Library,
Coursive National Theatre, La Rochelle Espaces-Congrès Conference
Centre, National School of Music and Dance... |
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