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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarter
- Description: port
- Also known as: “La Pallice-Rochelle” and “Port de la Pallice-Rochelle”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Saint-François de la Pallice and La Rochelle submarine base.
Église Saint-François de la Pallice
Church
Photo: Piso17, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-François de la Pallice is a church.
Église Saint-Pierre de Laleu
Church
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Pierre de Laleu is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sainte-Marie-de-Ré and La Flotte.
Sainte-Marie-de-Ré
Village
Sainte-Marie-de-Ré is a commune in the western French department of Charente-Maritime. Sainte-Marie-de-Ré is situated 8 km west of La Pallice.
La Flotte
Village
Photo: Pep.per, CC BY-SA 1.0.
La Flotte is a village, which is situated 9 km west of La Pallice.
Saint-Xandre
Village
Photo: Jpbazard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Xandre is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Saint-Xandre is situated 10 km northeast of La Pallice.
La Pallice
- Categories: port and locality
- Location: La Rochelle, Arrondissement of La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude
46.16187° or 46° 9′ 43″ northLongitude
-1.21339° or 1° 12′ 48″ westElevation
16 metres (52 feet)United Nations Location Code
FR LPEOpen location code
8CRW5Q6P+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 450225640OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
3007458Wikidata ID
Q263764
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“La Pallice” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Arroxelako portua”
- Chinese: “拉帕利斯”
- Chinese: “拉帕利斯灣”
- Chinese: “拉帕里斯”
- Chinese: “拉罗谢尔港”
- Dutch: “La Pallice”
- Finnish: “La Pallice”
- French: “Grand port maritime de La Rochelle”
- French: “port maritime de La Rochelle”
- German: “La Pallice”
- Japanese: “ラ・パリス”
- Polish: “La Pallice”
- Portuguese: “La Pallice”
- Slovenian: “La Pallice”
- Swedish: “La Pallice”
- Ukrainian: “Ла-Паліс”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Parc d’activités industrielles de La Pallice and Fief de la Repentie.
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Highlights include Puce - Marchand d’objets and Place Alcide d’Orbigny.
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