Editing Rochechouart (section)

{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Rochechouart
|native name            = {{native name|oc|Rechoard}}
|commune status         = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]]
|image                  = Rochechouart chateau.jpg
|caption                = Rochechouart castle
|image coat of arms     = Blason-Rochechouart.svg
|arrondissement         = Rochechouart
|canton                 = Rochechouart
|INSEE                  = 87126
|postal code            = 87600
|mayor                  = Anne Marie Almoster-Rodrigues<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = CC Porte Océane du Limousin
|coordinates            = {{coord|45.8239|0.8217|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 265
|elevation min m        = 159
|elevation max m        = 313
|area km2               = 53.88
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Rochechouart'''  ({{IPA|fr|ʁɔʃ(ə)ʃwaʁ|lang|Fr-Paris--Rochechouart.ogg}}, {{IPA|fr|ʁɔʃwaʁ|label=locally|generic=yes}}; {{langx|oc|Rechoard}}, earlier {{lang|oc|La Ròcha Choard}}) is a [[communes of France|commune]] in the [[Haute-Vienne]] [[departments of France|department]], [[regions of France|region]] of [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]], west central France. It is a [[subprefectures in France|subprefecture]] of the department.<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/87126-rochechouart Commune de Rochechouart (87126)], INSEE</ref>

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 {{IPA|fr|ʁoˈʃwaʁ|}}, not {{IPA|*[ʁɔʃəˈʃwaʁ]}} as is its pronunciation in [[Standard French]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}