Château de Rochefort, Medieval castle in Amplepuis, France.

Château de Rochefort is a stone building of the 14th and 17th centuries standing 3 km from Amplepuis, halfway to the Col du Pin Bouchain. A drawbridge under a large dressed-stone portal leads into the courtyard, and a square tower with a French-style roof stands at each corner. The facade shows rough brown and grey stone with patches of lighter plaster and two rows of small white-framed windows.

The castle dates from the 14th and 17th centuries. The seigneurie belonged to Guichard de Sarron in 1460, to Claude de Rébé, founder of the first school in Amplepuis in 1557, then to Pierre d'Auxerre and the de Pomey family in 1789. It was inscribed as a monument historique in 2009, covering the castle, its entrance pavilion, two terraces, moats, bridge, outbuildings, courtyards, regular garden, garenne and enclosing walls.

The château's name does not come from a Rochefort family: the seigneurie belonged to Guichard de Sarron in 1460, then to Claude de Rébé, who founded the first school in the bourg of Amplepuis in 1557, and later to Pierre d'Auxerre and the de Pomey family in 1789. The building is now the residence of the de La Brosse family, while the property belongs to the de Varax family.

The castle is private and cannot be visited inside; its exterior can be seen from the surrounding roads, 3 km from Amplepuis on the way to the col du Pin Bouchain. The entrance is through a stone gateway with a drawbridge, and the building shows damage from weather, so keep to the outside paths.

The 2009 listing covers far more than the building: the entrance pavilion, two terraces, the moats, the bridge linking the castle to the formal garden, the outbuildings' facades and roofs, the courtyard and lower-court ground, the formal garden, the garenne and the boundary walls. The castle itself is private property, now held by the de Varax family.