La Rochette, Charente
La Rochette (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃɛt] ⓘ) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
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 The town hall in La Rochette | |
Location of La Rochette | |
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| Coordinates: 45°48′07″N 0°18′53″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente |
| Arrondissement | Angoulême |
| Canton | Val de Tardoire |
| Intercommunality | La Rochefoucauld - Porte du Périgord |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Vincent Ringeade[1] |
| Area 1 | 10.99 km2 (4.24 sq mi) |
| Population | 533 |
| • Density | 48/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 16282 /16110 |
| Elevation | 66–115 m (217–377 ft) (avg. 91 m or 299 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
In 2016, an ancient hunter-gatherer that was excavated at La Rochette was found to carry the mtDNA haplogroup M. The Late Pleistocene specimen was dated to 28,000 years ago.[3]
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References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- Cosimo Posth; Gabriel Renaud; Alissa Mittnik; Dorothée G. Drucker; Hélène Rougier; Christophe Cupillard; Frédérique Valentin; Corinne Thevenet; Anja Furtwängler; Christoph Wißing; Michael Francken; Maria Malina; Michael Bolus; Martina Lari; Elena Gigli; Giulia Capecchi; Isabelle Crevecoeur; Cédric Beauval; Damien Flas; Mietje Germonpré; Johannes van der Plicht; Richard Cottiaux; Bernard Gély; Annamaria Ronchitelli; Kurt Wehrberger; Dan Grigorescu; Jiří Svoboda; Patrick Semal; David Caramelli; Hervé Bocherens; Katerina Harvati; Nicholas J. Conard; Wolfgang Haak; Adam Powell (21 March 2016). "Pleistocene Mitochondrial Genomes Suggest a Single Major Dispersal of Non-Africans and a Late Glacial Population Turnover in Europe". Current Biology. 26 (6): 827–833. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.037. hdl:2440/114930. PMID 26853362.
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