Roche
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Roche is French for "boulder". The word is (part of) several names:
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Business & companies
- Hoffmann-La Roche, also known as Roche, is a Swiss pharmaceutical company that owns the patent on Tamiflu®
- The Roches, a female vocal group
Places
in France
Roche or Roches is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:
- 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
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 Cornwall, England
People
- Saint Roch (also known as "Saint Roche" or "Saint Rocco"), patron saint of plague, pestilence and skin diseases
- Dick Roche, an Irish politician
- Douglas Roche, O.C., peace activist and former Canadian Senator
- Gabriel Roche, former mayor of Courbeville, having served from September 1944 to October 1947 and January 1955 to March 1959
- Joe Roche, American columnist from Minnesota and Iraq War veteran
- Regina Marie Roche an English Gothic Novelist
- Stephen Roche is a former professional cyclist and winner of the Triple Crown of Cycling
- Tony Roche, Australian tennis player and coach
- Roche Braziliano, French buccaneer
Science
- Roche limit (also known as the "Roche radius"), a concept in celestial mechanics
- Roche (spider), a spider genus in the family Ochyroceratidae
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