Roches, Creuse

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

(2020–2026) Didier Thevenet^[1]Area25.55 km² (9.86 sq mi)Population370 • Density14/km² (38/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation365–566 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

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