Roche
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Roche is French for "boulder/rock". The word is (part of) several names:
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[edit] Business & companies
- Roche Applied Science, a business area of Roche Diagnostics, a division of Hoffmann–La Roche AG, Basel, Switzerland, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world
[edit] Places
[edit] in France
Roche or Roches is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:
- Roche, Isère, in the Isère département
- Roche, Loire, in the Loire département
- Roche-Charles-la-Mayrand, in the Puy-de-Dôme département
- Roche-d'Agoux, in the Puy-de-Dôme département
- Roche-en-Régnier, in the Haute-Loire département
- Roche-et-Raucourt, in the Haute-Saône département
- Roche-la-Molière, in the Loire département
- Roche-la-Peyroux, in the Corrèze département
- Roche-lès-Clerval, in the Doubs département
- Roche-lez-Beaupré, in the Doubs département
- Roche-Saint-Secret-Béconne in the Drôme département
- Roche-sur-Linotte-et-Sorans-les-Cordiers, in the Haute-Saône département
- La-Roche-Bernard, in the Morbihan département
- La-Roche-Blanche, Loire-Atlantique, in the Loire-Atlantique département
- La-Roche-Blanche, Puy-de-Dôme, in the Puy-de-Dôme département
- La-Roche-Canillac, in the Corrèze département
- La-Roche-Chalais, in the Dordogne département
- La-Roche-Clermault, in the Indre-et-Loire département
- La-Roche-de-Gluns, in the Drôme département
- La-Roche-de-Rame, in the Hautes-Alpes département
- La-Roche-Derrien, in the Côtes-d'Armor département
- La-Roche-des-Arnauds, in the Hautes-Alpes département
- La-Roche-des-Brenil, in the Côte-d'Or département
- La-Roche-Guyon, in the Val d'Oise département
- La-Roche-l'Abeille, in the Haute-Vienne département
- La-Roche-Mabile, in the Orne département
- La-Roche-Maurice, in the Finistère département
- La-Roche-Morey, in the Haute-Saône département
- La-Roche-Noire, in the Puy-de-Dôme département
- La-Roche-Posay, in the Vienne département
- La-Roche-Rigault, in the Vienne département
- La-Roche-sur-Foron, in the Haute-Savoie département
- La-Roche-sur-Grane, in the Drôme département
- La-Roche-sur-le-Buis, in the Drôme département
- La Roche-sur-Yon, in the Vendée département
- La-Roche-Vanneau, in the Côte-d'Or département
- La-Roche-Vineuse, in the Saône-et-Loire département
- Roches, Creuse, in the Creuse département
- Roches, Loir-et-Cher, in the Loir-et-Cher département
- Roches-Bettaincourt, in the Haute-Marne département
- Roches-lès-Blamont, in the Doubs département
- Roches-Prémarie-Andillé, in the Vienne département
- Roches-sur-Marne, in the Haute-Marne département
- Les Roches-de-Condrieu, in the Isère département
- Les Roches-l'Évêque, in the Loir-et-Cher département
- Clos de la Roche, grand cru vineyard in the Côte de Nuits
[edit] in Switzerland
- Roche, Vaud, in the Aigle district, canton of Vaud
- Roche d'Or, in the canton of Jura
- Roches, Switzerland, a village in the canton of Bern
[edit] in the United Kingdom
- Roche, Cornwall, a village in the Duchy of Cornwall
[edit] in Ireland
- Roche's Point, Co. Cork.
[edit] in the United States
- Roche de Bout, a rock formation in the Maumee River near the town of Waterville, Ohio
[edit] Further afield
- Rocheworld, a planet circling Barnard's Star in the novel of the same name by Robert L. Forward
[edit] People
- The Roches, a female vocal group of sisters (Maggie and Terre and Suzzy Roche)
- Saint Roch (also known as "Saint Roche" or "Saint Rocco"), patron saint of plague, pestilence and skin diseases
- Charlotte Roche, a German television presenter, actress, singer and author
- Danni Roche, an Australian field hockey player
- Dick Roche, an Irish politician
- Douglas Roche, O.C., peace activist and former Canadian Senator
- Édouard Roche, a French scientist
- Eric Roche, an Irish fingerstyle guitarist
- Frances Roche, wife of Sir Philip Miles, 2nd Baronet and daughter of Sir David Roche Roche Baronets
- Frank Roche, an American writer
- Gabriel Roche, former mayor of Courbevoie, having served from September 1944 to October 1947 and January 1955 to March 1959
- James G. Roche, 20th Secretary of the United States Air Force
- Joe Roche, American columnist from Minnesota and Iraq War veteran
- Karl Roche, German syndicalist
- Regina Marie Roche, an English Gothic Novelist
- Stephen Roche, an Irish cyclist and winner of the Triple Crown of Cycling
- Nicolas Roche, an Irish cyclist
- Tony Roche, Australian tennis player and coach
- Roche Braziliano, French buccaneer
- Roche Baronets, a Baronet of Great Britain
[edit] Science
- Roche limit (also known as the "Roche radius"), a concept in celestial mechanics
- Roche lobe, a concept in celestial mechanics
- Roche (spider), a spider genus in the family Ochyroceratidae
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