Rochefort-en-Terre

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Rochefort-en-Terre Roc'h-an-Argoed
Commune
Medieval houses at Rochefort-en-Terre
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 47°42′01″N 2°20′07″W / 47.7003°N 2.3353°W / 47.7003; -2.3353Coordinates: 47°42′01″N 2°20′07″W / 47.7003°N 2.3353°W / 47.7003; -2.3353
Country	France
Region	Brittany
Department	Morbihan
Arrondissement	Vannes
Canton	Questembert
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphane Combeau[1]
Area 1	1.22 km2 (0.47 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	636
• Density	520/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	56196 /56220
Elevation	22–80 m (72–262 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rochefort-en-Terre (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃfɔʁ ɑ̃ tɛʁ] (listen); Breton: Roc'h-an-Argoed) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.

Rochefort-en-Terre is a designated “Petite Cité de Caractère”.

The medieval chateau located in the town was the home of American painter Alfred Klots. He purchased the chateau in the early 1900s and oversaw its restoration. His son Trafford Klots inherited the chateau and continued to paint there and entertain other visiting artists. After his death his wife donated the building to the French government.^[3] In the grounds of the building is the NAIA museum, named after an early twentieth century witch who lived in the town. It houses a small collection of fantasy and kinetic art and sculpture.^[4]

The defence of Rochefort-en-Terre during the Chouannerie (Royalist uprising against the French Revolution) - painting by Alexandre Bloch, 1885.

Demographics[]

The Well Square in Rochefort-en-Terre

Inhabitants of Rochefort-en-Terre are called in French Rochefortais.

See also[]

• Communes of the Morbihan department
• Henri Gouzien Sculptor of Rochefort-en-Terre War Memorial

References[]

• INSEE commune file

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rochefort-en-Terre.

• Official website (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
• Mayors of Morbihan Association (in French)

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