--- entity_id: city:fr:insee5:17300 entity_type: city name: La Rochelle country_code: FR country: France slug: la-rochelle canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/la-rochelle/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/la-rochelle.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/la-rochelle.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/fr/la-rochelle snapshot_id: approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2 generated_at: 2026-08-04 last_verified: 2026-07-31 fact_count: 14 metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ --- # La Rochelle La Rochelle is a city in France. Gigabit broadband availability was 94.8% in 2026. Annual PM2.5 was 6.83 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 10.7 µg/m³ in 2024. The unemployment rate was 15.1% at the end of 2022. Annual PM10 was 13.8 µg/m³ in 2024. La Rochelle had a population of 79,851 at the start of 2024. For La Rochelle, the foreign population count was 4,987 in 2021. ## Population The city covered 28.4 km² in 2022. Population density was 2,812.6 people per km² in 2022. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Foreign residents | `foreign_population_total` | 4,987 people | city | 2021 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [1] | | Population | `population_total` | 79,851 people | municipality | 2025-01-01 | 2026-07-14 | aging | verified | [2] | | NO₂ — latest reading | `air_quality_no2_current_ug_m3` | 21 µg/m³ | city | 2026-07-15 | 2026-07-15 | fresh | verified | [3] | | Gigabit broadband availability | `broadband_gigabit_availability_percent` | 94.83 % | city | 2026-03-31 | 2026-07-15 | fresh | verified | [4] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 15.1498 % | city | 2022-12-31 | 2026-07-26 | stale | verified | [5] | | NO₂ — annual mean | `air_quality_no2_annual_ug_m3` | 10.729 µg/m³ | city | 2024 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [6] | | PM10 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm10_annual_ug_m3` | 13.7646 µg/m³ | city | 2024 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [6] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 6.8346 µg/m³ | city | 2024 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [6] | | Average daytime high by month | `climate_monthly_high_c` | Jan 9.6 · Feb 10.6 · Mar 13.6 · Apr 16.1 · May 19.6 · Jun 22.8 · Jul 24.6 · Aug 24.9 · Sep 22.5 · Oct 18.3 · Nov 13.4 · Dec 10.3 °C | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-07-31 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average night-time low by month | `climate_monthly_low_c` | Jan 4.4 · Feb 4.1 · Mar 6.1 · Apr 7.9 · May 11.3 · Jun 14.4 · Jul 16.4 · Aug 16.3 · Sep 13.6 · Oct 11.2 · Nov 7.4 · Dec 4.8 °C | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-07-31 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan 7 · Feb 7.3 · Mar 9.8 · Apr 12 · May 15.5 · Jun 18.6 · Jul 20.5 · Aug 20.6 · Sep 18 · Oct 14.7 · Nov 10.4 · Dec 7.5 °C | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-07-31 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average precipitation by month | `climate_monthly_precip_mm` | Jan 76.3 · Feb 56.1 · Mar 57.4 · Apr 60.7 · May 50.9 · Jun 39.3 · Jul 40 · Aug 46.2 · Sep 59.7 · Oct 83.7 · Nov 94.6 · Dec 89.5 mm | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-07-31 | stale | verified | [7] | | City area | `city_area_km2` | 28.43 km2 | place | 2022-01-01 | 2026-07-14 | stale | verified | [8] | | Population density | `population_density_per_km2` | 2,812.5572 people/km² | place | 2022-01-01 | 2026-07-14 | stale | verified | [8] | Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed. ## Sources 1. Nationalité en 2021 — Base des tableaux détaillés — NAT1 — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8202752/TD_NAT1_2021_csv.zip 2. France official denominator source — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8680726/ensemble.zip 3. Latest valid NO2 hourly station observation on the official LCSQA E2 current-day extract, mapped to the exact INSEE centre through an exact normalized station-name crosswalk to EEA station metadata. — Official source — https://files.data.gouv.fr/ineris/lcsqa/concentrations-de-polluants-atmospheriques-reglementes/temps-reel/2026/FR_E2_2026-07-15.csv 4. Independent ARCEP municipal count of premises eligible for the >=1 Gbit/s fixed advertised-speed class, divided by the ARCEP type=all municipal premises denominator. This is availability/eligibility, not adoption, measured speed, FTTH-only coverage or mobile coverage. — Official source — https://data.arcep.fr/fixe/maconnexioninternet/statistiques/2026_T1/commune/commune_debit.csv 5. INSEE RP2022 ACT1 — population active by type of activity, commune — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/8581605/TD_ACT1_2022_csv.zip 6. 2024 validated hourly NO2 station observations transformed to the exact INSEE commune centre by deterministic nearest-station selection and equal-weight aggregation. — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AirQualityDownloadServiceEUMonitoringStations/MapServer 7. WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LA_ROCHELLE-ILE_DE_RE — Official source — https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/France/CSV/LA_ROCHELLE_ILE_DE_RE_07316.csv 8. A-ccepted source for city area and derived population density — Official source — https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2521169/base_cc_comparateur_csv.zip ## Cite ImmigrationDB. "La Rochelle, France." Snapshot approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2, last verified 2026-07-31. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/la-rochelle/ Reuse requires the direct source URL, the observation date and a link back to the ImmigrationDB page: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/la-rochelle/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/la-rochelle.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/fr/la-rochelle.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/fr/la-rochelle - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - All published city facts, one row each: https://immigrationdb.com/data/facts.ndjson.gz - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json