La Rochelle is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. South of the Johannesburg CBD, the suburbs of Turffontein and Rosettenville lie to its south. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

La Rochelle
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Coordinates: 26.2359°S 28.0544°E / -26.2359; 28.0544
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
Municipality	City of Johannesburg
Main Place	Johannesburg
Established	1895
Area [1]
• Total	0.83 km2 (0.32 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	5,131
• Density	6,200/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	87.7%
• Coloured	4.6%
• Indian/Asian	1.0%
• White	6.7%
• Other	0.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Zulu	18.6%
• English	16.1%
• Xhosa	9.5%
• Tsonga	6.0%
• Other	49.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	2190

History

Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms called Turffontein.[2] It became a suburb in 1895, and named after the estate owned by Josias Eduard de Villiers and the French town of La Rochelle.[2]

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