Roches, Creuse

Roches
The church in Roches
Roches
Location within Limousin region  Roches
Coordinates: 46°17′02″N 2°00′02″E / 46.2839°N 2.0006°ECoordinates: 46°17′02″N 2°00′02″E / 46.2839°N 2.0006°E
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Creuse
Arrondissement	Guéret
Canton	Châtelus-Malvaleix
Intercommunality	Petite Creuse
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Sylvie Martin
Area^1	25.55 km^2 (9.86 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	397
• Density	16/km^2 (40/sq mi)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Roches is a commune in the Creuse department in the Limousin 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
• Creuse

References

• INSEE

External links

• Roches on the Quid website (French)