Roches, Creuse

Roches
Commune
The church in Roches
Location of Roches
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Coordinates: 46°17′02″N 2°00′02″E
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Bonnat
Intercommunality	CC Portes de la Creuse en Marche
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Thevenet[1]
Area ^1	25.55 km^2 (9.86 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	371
• Density	15/km^2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	23162 /23270
Elevation	365–566 m (1,198–1,857 ft) (avg. 500 m or 1,600 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (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

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	458	—
1968	535	+16.8%
1975	484	−9.5%
1982	463	−4.3%
1990	420	−9.3%
1999	389	−7.4%
2008	397	+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

• Communes of the Creuse department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.