The
Old Mobile Site was the location of the French settlement
La Mobile and the associated
Fort Louis de La Louisiane, in the French colony of
New France in North America, from 1702 until 1712. The site is located in
Le Moyne,
Alabama, on the
Mobile River in the
Mobile-Tensaw River Delta. The settlement served as the capital of
French Louisiana from 1702 until 1711, when the capital was relocated to the site of present-day
Mobile, Alabama. The settlement was founded and originally governed by
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. Upon the death of d'Iberville (or Iberville), the settlement was governed by his younger brother,
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. The site can be considered a French colonial counterpart to the English settlement at
Jamestown,
Virginia. The settlement site and
fort were listed on the
National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1976. The Old Mobile Site was determined eligible for designation as a
National Historic Landmark on January 3, 2001.