Roches, Creuse

Roches
Commune
The church in Roches
Location of Roches
Roches Location within France Roches Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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
Area 1	25.55 km2 (9.86 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	371
• Density	14.5/km2 (37.6/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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Roches (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃ] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Ròcas) 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.	±% p.a.
1968	535	—
1975	484	−1.42%
1982	463	−0.63%
1990	420	−1.21%
1999	389	−0.85%
2007	406	+0.54%
2012	372	−1.73%
2017	363	−0.49%
2023	371	+0.36%
Source: INSEE

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