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    La Pallice (also known as grand port maritime de La Rochelle) is the commercial deep-water port of La Rochelle, France. During the Fall of France, on 19...
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    Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. With 78,535 inhabitants in 2021, La Rochelle is the most populated commune in the department...
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  • with Euro Cargo Rail. In 2010 OFP La Rochelle was formed as a joint stock company; with Grand Port Maritime de La Rochelle contributing 75.1% of the share...
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    The siege of La Rochelle (French: le siège de La Rochelle, or sometimes le grand siège de La Rochelle) was a result of a war between the French royal forces...
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    as a port network including three major commercial ports being balanced due to their geographical position (Grand Port maritime de La Rochelle in the...
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    the Canal de Marans à La Rochelle. The inhabitants of Marans are known as marandais. Marans is the most northern town in Charente-Maritime, and is sometimes...
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    Atlantic Ocean. It is about 30 km southeast of La Rochelle. Rochefort station has rail connections to La Rochelle, Nantes and Bordeaux. In December 1665, Rochefort...
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    and children were killed. La Pallice, the grand port maritime de La Rochelle is the commercial, deep water port of La Rochelle. A senior British naval officer...
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    La Rochelle Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Louis de la Rochelle) is a Catholic church located in the city of La Rochelle, France. The cathedral has...
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  • Esbjerg Port of Copenhagen Port of Pärnu Port of Sillamäe Port of Helsinki Brest Caen Bordeaux Cherbourg Dieppe La Rochelle Lorient Lyon Nantes Saint-Nazaire...
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    and more towards tourism. In 1876, La Tremblade was classified as the fifth-largest port in France after La Rochelle, with an estimated traffic of 8300...
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    Saintongeais language Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The prefecture of Charente-Maritime is La Rochelle and the subprefectures are alphabetically:...
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    Marine, of which the Cardinal was the Mestre de camp. The regiment participated to the Siege of La Rochelle, however was partly destroyed during a later...
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    The Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes (Latin: Dioecesis Rupellensis et Santonensis; French: Diocèse de La Rochelle et Saintes) is a Latin Church diocese...
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    rights as a minority group in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts built the Habitation at Port-Royal in 1605 as a replacement...
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    Oléron (category Tourist attractions in Charente-Maritime)
    nearby Île d'Aix, La Rochelle, and past the Fort Boyard. The port towns are frequently visited by tourists, especially the village of La Cotiniere. This...
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    Acadie : La guerre de Cent Ans des français d'Amérique aux Maritimes et en Louisiane 1670–1769. Paris: Berger-Levrault. Gaudet, Placide (1922). Le Grand Dérangement :...
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    Navy ships and 200 New England soldiers stationed at Port-La-Joie. Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay was sent from Quebec to the region in 1746 to...
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    following a local referendum within "Grand Cherbourg". The city revived its tourist and maritime identity through the Cité de la Mer and the opening to the public...
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    Guy-Victor Duperré (category People from La Rochelle)
    vice-admiral, grand officier de la Légion d'honneur and Commander of the Order of Saint Louis in 1824. In 1827, he was made Préfet maritime of Brest and...
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    Saint-Malo, and La Rochelle, and left France with 79 settlers including François Gravé Du Pont as senior officer, Royal cartographer Samuel de Champlain, the...
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    Communauté d'agglomération de La Rochelle Communauté d'agglomération Royan Atlantique Communauté d'agglomération de Saintes Communauté de communes Aunis Atlantique...
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    northwest of the Charente-Maritime 6.5 km south of Marans, the chief town of the canton, and 17 km north-east of La Rochelle, the prefecture of the department...
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    of La Rochelle extending its eastern urban toward Dompierre-sur-Mer. Following the quick urban growth, it has become the 3rd town of the La Rochelle area...
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    Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. Angliers is located some 15 km north-east of La Rochelle and 15 km...
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    Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay also arrived from Quebec and conducted the Battle at Port-la-Joye on Île Saint-Jean and the Battle of Grand Pré. Despite the...
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    Szczecin — Copenhagen — La Rochelle — Nantes — Honfleur — Amsterdam — Copenhagen — St Malo — La Coruña — Porto — Malaga — Palma de Mallorca — Barcelona season...
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    Arrondissement of Rochefort (category Arrondissements of Charente-Maritime)
    reorganisation of the arrondissements of Charente-Maritime, it gained one commune from the arrondissement of La Rochelle, one commune from the arrondissement of...
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    Châtelaillon-Plage (category Arrondissement of La Rochelle)
    in the Charente-Maritime department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It is located south of the city of La Rochelle and is also a suburb...
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    Les Minimes (category Buildings and structures in La Rochelle)
    Les Minimes, Port de plaisance des Minimes, is the largest marina in France for pleasure boats. It is located in the city of La Rochelle, as the new part...
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