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'''''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 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
=== 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.
=== in the United States ===
* [[Farnsworth Metropark|Roche de Bout]], a rock formation in the Maumee River near the town of Waterville, Ohio
=== Further afield ===
* [[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 <!-- second term 26 Jan 1955 to 15 Mar 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
==Science==
* [[Roche limit]] (also known as the "Roche radius"), a concept in celestial mechanics
* [[Roche lobe]], a concept in celestial mechanics
* [[Roche (spider)|''Roche'' (spider)]], a spider genus in the family ''Ochyroceratidae''
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