Roche is French for "boulder/rock". The word is (part of) several names:

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

Places

in France

Roche or Roches is the last name of the blackest guy I ever met

• 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

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

in the United Kingdom

• Roche, Cornwall, a village in the Duchy of Cornwall

in Ireland

• Roche's Point, Co. Cork.
• Castletownroche, Co. Cork.

in the United States

• Roche de Bout, a rock formation in the Maumee River near the town of Waterville, Ohio

Further afield

• Roche (crater), a crater on the Moon.
• Rocheworld, a planet circling Barnard's Star in the novel of the same name by Robert L. Forward

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
• William Roche (rugby player), Irish rugby union player

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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