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ID: 7009264
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009264
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of La Rochelle (inhabited place)  La Rochelle (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 46 10 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 46.1667  decimal degrees
Long: 001 09 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -1.1500  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Bay of Biscay, SW of Tours; industries include aircraft, automobile & chemical manufacture; chief Huguenot stronghold 16th cen.; besieged by Richelieu & forced to capitulate through famine 1627-1628.

Names:
La Rochelle (preferred,C,V)
Rochelle, La (C,V)
Rupella (H,V)  ............ ancient

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (region (administrative division))  ............  Nouvelle-Aquitaine (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of La Rochelle (inhabited place)  ................  La Rochelle (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled since ancient Roman times
city (C)
department capital (C)
commune (administrative) (C)  ............  since 1199
port (C)
industrial center (C)
capital (H)  ............  of ancient Aunis

Sources and Contributors:
La Rochelle..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 109
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Rochelle, La..........  [BHA]
.......................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
Rupella..........  [VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 651
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................  Michel: Dictionnaire des Communes (1984)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1438604
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 109
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 651
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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