Roche, Isère

Roche (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[3]

Roche
Commune
The church of Roche
Coat of arms
Location of Roche
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Coordinates: 45°35′23″N 5°09′37″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Isère
Arrondissement	La Tour-du-Pin
Canton	La Verpillière
Intercommunality	Collines Isère Nord Communauté
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Cochard[1]
Area 1	21.04 km2 (8.12 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,189
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	38339 /38090
Elevation	267–516 m (876–1,693 ft) (avg. 230 m or 750 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 983 —     1800 1,095 +1.55% 1806 1,179 +1.24% 1821 1,411 +1.20% 1831 1,487 +0.53% 1836 1,513 +0.35% 1841 1,603 +1.16% 1846 1,590 −0.16% 1851 1,576 −0.18% 1856 1,490 −1.12% 1861 1,448 −0.57% 1866 1,453 +0.07% 1872 1,454 +0.01% 1876 1,424 −0.52% 1881 1,390 −0.48% 1886 1,390 +0.00% 1891 1,304 −1.27% 1896 1,261 −0.67%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,208 −0.86% 1906 1,182 −0.43% 1911 1,173 −0.15% 1921 1,025 −1.34% 1926 995 −0.59% 1931 961 −0.69% 1936 921 −0.85% 1946 922 +0.01% 1954 857 −0.91% 1962 862 +0.07% 1968 866 +0.08% 1975 875 +0.15% 1982 1,028 +2.33% 1990 1,243 +2.40% 1999 1,548 +2.47% 2007 1,812 +1.99% 2012 1,896 +0.91% 2017 2,083 +1.90%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

See also

• Communes of the Isère department