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.- Type: Quarter
- Description: port
- Also known as: “La Pallice-Rochelle”, “Port de la Pallice-Rochelle”, “拉帕利斯灣”, “拉帕里斯”, and “拉罗谢尔港”
Places of Interest
Highlights: 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
Quarter
Sainte-Marie-de-Ré
Village
Sainte-Marie-de-Ré is a commune located on the Isle… Sainte-Marie-de-Ré is situated 8 km west 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″ north
Longitude
-1.21339° or 1° 12′ 48″ west
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
UN/LOCODE
FR LPE
Open location code
8CRW5Q6P+PJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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Wikidata ID
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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”
- 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
Places to explore: Parc d’activités industrielles de La Pallice and Fief des Chênes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Puce - Marchand d’objets and Place Alcide d’Orbigny.
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