La Rochelle

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city commune of France

La Rochelle is a historic French Atlantic port city that became a major stronghold and refuge for Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → commune of France →
climate	oceanic climate →
country	France →
demonym	Rochelais → Rochelaise →
grantedCharter	12th century →
hasAirport	La Rochelle – Île de Ré Airport →
hasCityHall	Hôtel de Ville de La Rochelle →
hasLandmark	Grosse Horloge de La Rochelle → Tour Saint-Nicolas → Tour de la Chaîne → Tour de la Lanterne → Vieux Port de La Rochelle →
hasMuseum	Musée Maritime de La Rochelle → Musée des Beaux-Arts de La Rochelle → Musée du Nouveau Monde →
hasPopulation	over 70,000 inhabitants →
hasPort	La Pallice → La Rochelle commercial port → La Rochelle marina →
hasUniversity	La Rochelle Université →
historicalEvent	Siege of La Rochelle (1627–1628) →
historicalPeriod	French Wars of Religion →
hostsEvent	Francofolies de La Rochelle music festival → Grand Pavois La Rochelle boat show →
is	historic French Atlantic port city → prefecture of Charente-Maritime →
knownFor	Fort Boyard nearby → well-preserved medieval and Renaissance architecture → yachting and sailing →
locatedIn	Charente-Maritime → Nouvelle-Aquitaine NERFINISHED →
locatedOn	Atlantic Ocean → Bay of Biscay →
postalCode	17000 →
region	Poitou historical province →
religiousHistory	center of French Protestantism →
role	Huguenot refuge → major Huguenot stronghold →
timeZone	Central European Summer Time → Central European Time →
twinCity	Essaouira → Galway → Lunenburg → New Rochelle NERFINISHED → Petrozavodsk → Santo Domingo →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Huguenots →	centerOfActivity
Nouvelle-Aquitaine →	contains
Bay of Biscay →	hasPort
Southwestern France →	includesCity
Siege of La Rochelle (1572–1573) →	location
Calypso →	locationAfterAccident
Gare Montparnasse →	servedByDestination