La Pallice
La Pallice is the commercial deep-water port of La Rochelle, France. During the Fall of France, on 19 June 1940, approximately 6,000 Polish soldiers in exile under the command of Stanisław Sosabowski arrived at La Pallice, from where they were evacuated to Great Britain – thus able to go on fighting till the end of the war.- Quarter
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (50 feet)
- Description: port
- Also known as“La Pallice-Rochelle”“Port de la Pallice-Rochelle”
Places of Interest
Discover Église Saint-François de la Pallice and La Sirène.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Les Minimes and Sainte-Marie-de-Ré.
Les Minimes
Les Minimes, Port de plaisance des Minimes, is the largest marina in France for pleasure boats.
4½ km southeast of La Pallice
Sainte-Marie-de-Ré
Sainte-Marie-de-Ré is a commune located on the Isle…
8 km west of La Pallice
La Pallice
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Latitude
46.16187° or 46° 9′ 43″ north
Longitude
-1.21339° or 1° 12′ 48″ west
UN/LOCODE
FR LPE
Open location code
8CRW5Q6P+PJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = quarter
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“La Pallice” goes by many names.
Arroxelako portuaBasque
拉帕利斯Chinese
拉帕利斯灣Chinese
拉帕里斯Chinese
拉罗谢尔港Chinese
La PalliceDutch
La PalliceFinnish
ラ・パリスJapanese
La PallicePolish
La PalliceSlovenian
La PalliceSwedish
Ла-ПалісUkrainian
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Localities in the Area
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