La Roche-sur-le-Buis

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Location of La Roche-sur-le-Buis

(2020–2026) Michel Grégoire^[1]Area

27.72 km² (10.70 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

287 • Density10/km² (27/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

26278 /26170

Elevation394–1,369 m (1,293–4,491 ft)
(avg. 638 m or 2,093 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Roche-sur-le-Buis (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃ syʁ lə bɥi], literally La Roche on the Buis; Occitan: La Ròcha dau Bois) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	134	—
1975	147	+1.33%
1982	196	+4.20%
1990	211	+0.93%
1999	287	+3.48%
2009	331	+1.44%
2014	299	−2.01%
2020	285	−0.80%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE