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is a city in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,424 at the 2000 census. As of the 2005 estimate, the population had risen to 9,712. Rochelle is about 75 miles west of Chicago and 25 miles south of Rockford. Rochelle is the birthplace and hometown of three-time Academy Award nominee Joan Allen.
Rochelle is located at (41.923274, -89.065694), along the Kyte River (commonly, if inaccurately, known to most locals as "Kyte Creek").
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.5 square miles (19.4 km²), of which, 7.5 square miles (19.3 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.27%) is water.