Rochefort is a Walloon municipality located in the
Belgian province of Namur close to the Ardennes. On January 1, 2006 Rochefort
had a total population of 12,038. The total area is 165.27 km² which
gives a population density of 73 inhabitants per km². It was a resort
in the 19th century. Its ancient position at the crossroads where the
route to Saint-Hubert crossed that from Liège to Bouillon required
fortifying: the ruins of the old castle, which gave the place its name
and a title to a long line of counts who had the right of coining their
own money, still exist. This castle underwent many sieges and suffered
at the hands of Marshal de Chatillon (1636).
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