Rochechouart
Rochechouart
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Subprefecture and commune | |
Rochechouart castle | |
Location of Rochechouart | |
| Coordinates: 45°49′26″N 0°49′18″E / 45.8239°N 0.8217°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Haute-Vienne |
| Arrondissement | Rochechouart |
| Canton | Rochechouart |
| Intercommunality | CC Porte Océane du Limousin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Anne Marie Almoster-Rodrigues |
Area 1 | 53.88 km2 (20.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 3,637 |
| • Density | 68/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 87126 /87600 |
| Elevation | 159–313 m (522–1,027 ft) (avg. 265 m or 869 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Rochechouart (French: [ʁɔʃ(ə)ʃwaʁ] ⓘ, locally [ʁɔʃwaʁ]; Occitan: Rechoard, earlier La Ròcha Choard) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, west central France. It is a subprefecture of the department.
The name of the town comes from Latin roca cavardi, which roughly translates as the rock of Cavardus, the lord who had the fortified place built at the beginning of the 11th century. More often than not, natives pronounce it [ʁoˈʃwaʁ], not *[ʁɔʃəˈʃwaʁ] as is its pronunciation in Standard French.