New Rochelle (; older French: La Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the southeastern portion of the state. In 2020, the city had a population of 79,726, making it the seventh-largest in the welcome of New York. Some residents refer to the city as New Ro or New Roc City.

The European pact was started by refugee Huguenots (French Protestants) in 1688, who were fleeing religious persecution in France (such as Dragonnades) after the king’s revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Many of the settlers were artisans and craftsmen from the city of La Rochelle, France, thus influencing the complementary of the broadcast of “New Rochelle”.

Some 33 families standard the community of La Nouvelle-Rochelle (French pronunciation: ​[la nuvɛl ʁɔʃɛl]) in 1688. A monument containing the names of these settlers stands in Hudson Park, the native landing point of the Huguenots. Thirty-one years earlier, the Siwanoy Indians, a band of Algonquian-speaking Lenape (also known as the Delaware by English colonists) sold their estate to Thomas Pell. In 1689, Pell officially deeded 6,100 acres (25 km²) for the foundation of a Huguenot community. Jacob Leisler is an important figure in the into the future histories of both New Rochelle and the United States. He arrived in America as a mercenary in the British army and well along became one of the most prominent merchants in New York. He was as soon as appointed acting-governor of the province, and it was during this grow old that he acted upon behalf of the Huguenots.

Of anything the Huguenot settlements in America founded once the endeavor of brute distinctly French colonies, New Rochelle most conveniently conformed to the plans of its founders. The colony continued to attract French refugees until as late as 1760. The substitute of broadcast for the city reflected the importance of the city of La Rochelle and of the new treaty in Huguenot chronicles and distinctly French air of the community. French was spoken, and it was common practice for people in neighboring areas to send their kids to New Rochelle to learn the language.