Roches, Creuse

Roches
Commune
The church in Roches
The church in Roches
Location of Roches
Map
Roches is located in France
Roches
Roches
Roches is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Roches
Roches
Coordinates: 46°17′02″N 2°00′02″E / 46.2839°N 2.0006°E / 46.2839; 2.0006
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCreuse
ArrondissementGuéret
CantonBonnat
IntercommunalityCC Portes de la Creuse en Marche
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Didier Thevenet[1]
Area
1
25.55 km2 (9.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
370
 • Density14/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
23162 /23270
Elevation365–566 m (1,198–1,857 ft)
(avg. 500 m or 1,600 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Roches (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃ]) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Geography

A farming area, comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Guéret, at the junction of the D9 and the D3 with the D14 road.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962458—    
1968535+16.8%
1975484−9.5%
1982463−4.3%
1990420−9.3%
1999389−7.4%
2008397+2.1%

Sights

  • The church, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A fourteenth-century chapel at Chapelle-Malvalaise.
  • The nineteenth-century chapel of Notre-Dame, at Richefolle.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
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