Aquarium de La Rochelle

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Aquarium de La Rochelle is a family-owned public aquarium in La Rochelle, France. It has a surface area of over 8,445 m2 (90,901 sq ft) with 3 million litres of seawater. It has 73 display aquaria and 150 quarantine aquaria exhibiting more than 12,000 animals of 600 different species. It has an age of 800,000 visitors per year.

In 1988, during the second international aquarium Congress in Monaco, the opening of the Aquarium La Rochelle was announced as being one of the biggest French aquaria at the time. The aquarium, then located near the marina of Les Minimes, was over 1,600 m2 (17,222 sq ft) with 36 aquaria which total volume was 550,000 liters. Within 12 years, the building welcomed seven million visitors. The aquarium moved due to this success, and a new one was inaugurated near the Old Port, in the middle of the city of La Rochelle, in 2001. With a surface area of over 8,445 m2 (90,901 sq ft), it is part of the recent European public aquariums. It exhibits more than 12,000 animals of 600 different species which are split into 3 million liters of seawater, including 1.5 million liters for the sharks area. It welcomes around 800,000 visitors per year. The Aquarium...