Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement of Rochechouart

Rochechouart

Rochechouart is a commune in the department, region of , 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.
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  • Type: Village with 3,680 residents
  • Description: commune in Haute-Vienne, France
  • Also known as: “87126”, “La Ròcha Choard”, “Rechoard”, and “Roche-sur-Graine”
  • Postal code: 87600

Places of Interest

Highlights include Château de Rochechouart and Musée départemental de Rochechouart.

Castle
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is a thirteenth-century castle, located at the top of the confluence of the Grêne and Vayres rivers in the commune of Rochechouart within the département of .

Museum
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is a museum.

Church
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Rochechouart

Latitude
45.822° or 45° 49′ 19″ north
Longitude
0.8198° or 0° 49′ 11″ east
Population
3,680
Elevation
248 metres (814 feet)
Open location code
8FQ2RRC9+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26698521
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6445417
Wiki­data ID
Q383152
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Rochechouart” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Rochechouart”
  • Aragonese: “Rechoard”
  • Aragonese: “Rochechouart”
  • Arpitan: “Rochechouart”
  • Asturian: “Rochechouart”
  • Bambara: “Rochechouart”
  • Basque: “Rochechouart”
  • Bavarian: “Rochechouart”
  • Breton: “Rochechouart”
  • Buginese: “Rochechouart”
  • Cajun French: “Rochechouart”
  • Catalan: “La Ròcha Choard”
  • Catalan: “Rechoard”
  • Catalan: “Rochechouart”
  • Cebuano: “Rochechouart”
  • Chechen: “ГӀошешуагӀ”
  • Chinese: “Rochechouart”
  • Chinese: “罗什舒阿尔”
  • Chinese: “羅什舒阿爾”
  • Corsican: “Rochechouart”
  • Croatian: “Rochechouart”
  • Czech: “Rochechouart”
  • Danish: “Rochechouart”
  • Dutch: “La Ròcha Choard”
  • Dutch: “Rechoard”
  • Dutch: “Rochechouart”
  • Esperanto: “La Ròcha Choard”
  • Esperanto: “Rechoard”
  • Esperanto: “Roche-sur-Graine”
  • Esperanto: “Rochechouart”
  • Estonian: “Rochechouart”
  • Faroese: “Rochechouart”
  • Finnish: “Rochechouart”
  • French: “La Ròcha Choard”
  • French: “Rechoard”
  • French: “Roche-sur-Graine”
  • French: “Rochechouart”
  • Friulian: “Rochechouart”
  • Galician: “Rochechouart”
  • German: “La Ròcha Choard”
  • German: “Rechoard”
  • German: “Roche-sur-Graine”
  • German: “Rochechouart”
  • Greek: “Ροσεσουάρ”
  • Hungarian: “Rochechouart”
  • Icelandic: “Rochechouart”
  • Ido: “Rochechouart”
  • Indonesian: “Rochechouart”
  • Interlingua: “Rochechouart”
  • Interlingue: “Rochechouart”
  • Irish: “Rochechouart”
  • Italian: “La Ròcha Choard”
  • Italian: “Rechoard”
  • Italian: “Rochechouart”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Rochechouart”
  • Japanese: “ロシュシュアール”
  • Kabyle: “Rochechouart”
  • Kalaallisut: “Rochechouart”
  • Kazakh: “Rochechouart”
  • Kazakh: “Roşeşwar”
  • Kazakh: “Рошешуар”
  • Kazakh: “روشەشۋار”
  • Kongo: “Rochechouart”
  • Korean: “로슈슈아르”
  • Ladin: “Rochechouart”
  • Latin: “Rupes Cavardi”
  • Latvian: “Rochechouart”
  • Ligurian: “Rochechouart”
  • Limburgan: “Rochechouart”
  • Lithuanian: “La Ròcha Choard”
  • Lithuanian: “Rechoard”
  • Lithuanian: “Rochechouart”
  • Low German: “Rochechouart”
  • Luxembourgish: “Rochechouart”
  • Macedonian: “Рошешуар”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Rochechouart”
  • Malagasy: “Jean-Marie Rougier”
  • Malagasy: “Rochechouart”
  • Malay: “Rochechouart”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rochechouart”
  • Minangkabau: “Rochechouart”
  • Narom: “Rochechouart”
  • Neapolitan: “Rochechouart”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rochechouart”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rochechouart”
  • Norwegian: “Rochechouart”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Rechoard”
  • Papiamento: “Rochechouart”
  • Picard: “Rochechouart”
  • Piemontese: “Rochechouart”
  • Polish: “Rochechouart”
  • Portuguese: “Rochechouart”
  • Prussian: “Rochechouart”
  • Romagnol: “Rochechouart”
  • Romanian: “Rochechouart”
  • Romansh: “Rochechouart”
  • Sardinian: “Rochechouart”
  • Scots: “Rochechouart”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Rochechouart”
  • Serbian: “Rochechouart”
  • Sicilian: “Rochechouart”
  • Slovak: “Rochechouart”
  • Slovenian: “Rochechouart”
  • Spanish: “La Ròcha Choard”
  • Spanish: “Rechoard”
  • Spanish: “Rochechouart”
  • Swahili: “Rochechouart”
  • Swedish: “Rochechouart”
  • Swiss German: “Rochechouart”
  • Tatar: “Рошешуар”
  • Turkish: “Rochechouart”
  • Ukrainian: “Рошешуар”
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  • Venetian: “Rochechouart”
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  • Waray (Philippines): “Rochechouart”
  • Welsh: “Rochechouart”
  • Wolof: “Rochechouart”
  • Zulu: “Rochechouart”
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