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Satellite image of La Rochelle - France

auteur: ESA/Novapix

référence: t-eufra-00057

Image Size 300 DPI: 34 * 25 cm

Capital of the Charente-Maritime department in western France, La Rochelle and surroundings are featured in this Sentinel-2A image, captured on 26 December 2015. Home to some 80 000 people, La Rochelle is a city and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean, connected to the Île de Ré by a 2.9 km-long bridge, clearly visible in the centre of the image.

Keywords for this photo:

2015 - AQUITAINE-LIMOUSIN-POITOU-CHARENTES - BRIDGE - CHARENTE-MARITIME - CITY - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EUROPE - FRANCE - ILE DE RE - ISLAND - LA ROCHELLE - OLERON - SATELLITE IMAGE - SENTINEL - SENTINEL-2 -