Rochefort Air Base

Rochefort Air Base is an airport in Saint-Agnant, Arrondissement of Rochefort, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Rochefort Air Base is situated nearby to the locality Le Pont, as well as near the village Beaugeay.

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Type: Airport
Description: French Air Force base near Soubise, Charente-Maritime, France
Also known as: “Adjutant Pierre Gemot Air Base”, “Air Base 721”, “BA 721”, “BA721”, “base aerienne 721”, “Gemot Air Base”, “LFDN”, “RCO”, “Rochefort - Saint-Agnant”, “ROCHEFORT-SAINT-AGNANT”, and “St Agnant Airport”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rochefort – Saint-Agnant Airport and Église Saint-Germain de Beaugeay.

Rochefort – Saint-Agnant Airport

Aerodrome

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Rochefort – Saint-Agnant Airport is an aerodrome.

Église Saint-Germain de Beaugeay

Church

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Église Saint-Germain de Beaugeay is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rochefort and Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente.

Rochefort

Town

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Rochefort, also known as Rochefort-sur-Mer for disambiguation, is a city and commune in Southwestern France, a port on the Charente estuary. It is a subprefecture of the department of Charente-Maritime, located in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Rochefort is situated 6 km north of Rochefort Air Base.

Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente

Village

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Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. In the 1680s, Fort Lupin was constructed near Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente. Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente is situated 8 km northwest of Rochefort Air Base.

Hiers-Brouage

Village

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Hiers-Brouage is a former commune in the Charente-Maritime department, southwestern France. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France Association. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Marennes-Hiers-Brouage. Hiers-Brouage is situated 8 km southwest of Rochefort Air Base.

Rochefort Air Base

Categories: airbase and transportation
Location: Saint-Agnant, Arrondissement of Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude

45.889° or 45° 53′ 20″ north

Longitude

-0.983° or 0° 58′ 59″ west

Elevation

17 metres (56 feet)

Abbreviation

“BA721”

IATA airport code

RCO

ICAO airport code

LFDN

Open location code

8CQXV2Q8+JQ

GeoNames ID

6694764

Wikidata ID

Q2886509

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Malay—“Rochefort Air Base” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Rochefort - Saint-Agnant”
French: “BA 721”
French: “base aérienne 721 Rochefort”
French: “Base aérienne 721 Rochefort”
French: “rochefort - Saint-Agnant”
French: “ROCHEFORT-SAINT-AGNANT”
German: “Flugplatz Rochefort-Charente-Maritime”
German: “Militärflugplatz Rochefort”
Indonesian: “LFDN”
Indonesian: “RCO”
Japanese: “ロシュフォール空軍基地”
Japanese: “第721ロシュフォール空軍基地”
Malay: “Lapangan Terbang St Agnant”

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Pigeonnier et vestiges de l’abbaye de Montierneuf and Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge.

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