La Roche FR

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

La Roche is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Joseph-Frédéric-Benoît Charrière

French inventor (1803-1876)

Ahmed Huber

Swiss journalist (1927-2008)

F

François Charrière

Swiss bishop and theologian (1893-1976)

O

Oscar Moret

Swiss composer, conductor and musicologist (1912-2003)

M

Massimo Colomba

Swiss footballer

Jacques Lüthy

alpine skier

Armand Magnin

Swiss politician (1920-2011)

C

Christian Charrière

Swiss bicycle racer and athletics competitor

Richard Chassot

Swiss bicycle racer

P

Paul Aebischer

Swiss Romance philologist (1897-1977)

John Bapst

Swiss missionary (1815-1887)

A

André Ruffieux

Swiss politician (1912-2009)

Denis Clerc

Swiss politician (1935-2012)

F

Frédéric de Diesbach Torny

(1741-1815)

J

Jean-Daniel Lugrin

Swiss conductor and musicologist

Lauper Jakob

Swiss explorer (1815-1891)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Fribourg

• Montsoflo
  0.8 mi away
• Pont-la-Ville
  1.4 mi away · pop. 613
• Treyvaux
  2.1 mi away · pop. 1,248
• Corbières
  3 mi away · pop. 1,042
• Senèdes
  3.2 mi away · pop. 109
• Villarvolard
  3.8 mi away
• Farvagny-le-Petit
  3.9 mi away
• Ependes FR
  4 mi away · pop. 1,105
• Vuisternens-en-Ogoz
  4.1 mi away · pop. 975
• Sorens
  4.1 mi away · pop. 836
• Cerniat FR
  4.4 mi away · pop. 361
• Echarlens
  4.6 mi away · pop. 846

Browse all places in Fribourg →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Queen of Spain Fritillary

Issoria lathonia

Seen 2026-10-15

Common Wall Lizard

Podarcis muralis

Seen 2026-10-15

Leather Beetle

Carabus coriaceus

Seen 2026-10-14

Beaded Chestnut

Agrochola lychnidis

Seen 2026-10-14

The Delicate

Mythimna vitellina

Seen 2026-10-14

Box Tree Moth

Cydalima perspectalis

Seen 2026-10-14

The White-Point

Mythimna albipuncta

Seen 2026-10-14

Green-brindled Crescent

Allophyes oxyacanthae

Seen 2026-10-14

Beet Armyworm Moth

Spodoptera exigua

Seen 2026-10-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).