Rochechouart

Rochechouart Rechoard (Occitan)
Subprefecture and commune
Rochechouart castle
Coat of arms
Location of Rochechouart
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Coordinates: 45°49′26″N 0°49′18″E / 45.8239°N 0.8217°E / 45.8239; 0.8217
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Haute-Vienne
Arrondissement	Rochechouart
Canton	Rochechouart
Intercommunality	CC Porte Océane du Limousin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Anne Marie Almoster-Rodrigues[1]
Area 1	53.88 km2 (20.80 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,681
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	87126 /87600
Elevation	159–313 m (522–1,027 ft) (avg. 265 m or 869 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rochechouart (French: [ʁɔʃ(ə)ʃwaʁ] ^ⓘ, locally [ʁɔʃwaʁ]; Occitan: Rechoard, earlier La Ròcha Choard) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, west central France. It is a subprefecture of the department.^[3]

The name of the town comes from Latin roca cavardi, which roughly translates as the rock of Cavardus, the lord who had the fortified place built at the beginning of the 11th century. More often than not, natives pronounce it [ʁoˈʃwaʁ], not *[ʁɔʃəˈʃwaʁ] as is its pronunciation in Standard French.^{[citation needed]}