Rochefort Air Base
Rochefort Air Base is a military installation in Saint-Agnant, Arrondissement of Rochefort, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Rochefort Air Base is situated nearby to the square Place d’Armes, as well as near Dassault Mirage IV.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Military installation
- 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 Nearby
Highlights include Rochefort – Saint-Agnant Airport and Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge.
Rochefort – Saint-Agnant Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: KiwiNeko14, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rochefort – Saint-Agnant Airport is an aerodrome.
Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge
Photo: Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge is a transporter bridge built between 1898 and 1900. It is located in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France and connects the towns of Rochefort and Échillais without hindering the navigation of shipping serving the ports of Rochefort and Tonnay-Charente. Rochefort-Martrou Transporter Bridge is situated 2½ km northeast of Rochefort Air Base.
Église Notre-Dame d’Échillais
Church
Photo: GO69, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Notre-Dame d’Échillais is a church, which is situated 2 km east of Rochefort Air Base.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rochefort and Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente.
Rochefort
Town
Photo: Piso17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rochefort, unofficially 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 Charente-Maritime department, located in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Rochefort is situated 4½ km north of Rochefort Air Base.
Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente
Village
Photo: Piso17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 7 km northwest of Rochefort Air Base.
Hiers-Brouage
Village
Photo: Xauxa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 9 km southwest of Rochefort Air Base.
Rochefort Air Base
- Category: air base
- Location: Saint-Agnant, Arrondissement of Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.89906° or 45° 53′ 57″ northLongitude
-0.98166° or 0° 58′ 54″ westOpen location code
8CQXV2X9+J8OpenStreetMap ID
way 377581556OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryWikidata 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: “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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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Place d’Armes and Dassault Mirage IV.
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