Roches

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Roches

Total population

208

Elevation517 m

Coordinates47.30°, 7.38°

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

Overview

Roches is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Dominique Baettig

Swiss politician

Anne Seydoux-Christe

Swiss politician

L

Laurent Schaffter

Swiss politician

Pierre Kohler

Swiss politician

Isabel Rochat

Swiss politician

A

Albert Schnyder

Swiss painter (1898-1989)

M

Maurice Kottelat

Swiss ichthyologist

Samuel Gobat

Anglican bishop (1799-1879)

Job

Swiss screenwriter and comics artist (1927–2024)

A

Abbé Bessire

Swiss theologian and composer (1922-1999)

F

Fabrice Borer

Swiss footballer

Tristan Vauclair

Swiss ice hockey player

G

Gérard Daucourt

Roman Catholic bishop

Alfred Comte

Swiss photographer (1895-1965)

V

Virgile Moine

Swiss politician (1900-1988)

Eric Hänni

Swiss judoka (1938–2024)

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

Nearby places in Bern

• Eschert
  2 mi away · pop. 364
• Grandval
  2.5 mi away · pop. 362
• Corcelles
  3.6 mi away · pop. 212
• Court
  4.8 mi away · pop. 1,422
• Bévilard
  6.4 mi away · pop. 1,741
• Souboz
  6.7 mi away · pop. 131
• Pontenet
  7.3 mi away · pop. 222
• Romont BE
  8 mi away · pop. 195
• Lengnau BE
  8.3 mi away · pop. 5,798
• Rebévelier
  8.9 mi away · pop. 45
• Leuzigen
  9.5 mi away
• Meinisberg
  10 mi away · pop. 1,309

Browse all places in Bern →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Roches

Depressionsbehandlung mit einem neuen Antidepressivum "Laroxyl" (Roche)

Rolf Thalmann · 1962

Therapeutische Erfahrungen mit Iproniazid <Marsilid "Roche"> an einem psychiatrischen Krankengut

Hans Maurer · 1958

Pharmakologische Wirkungen des Dihydrodesoxymorphin-D (Permonid "Roche") im Vergleich zu Morphin

Hermann Walter Stöckli · 1915

Die Wirkung von Stypven (Russell Viperngift), Thromboplastin "Roche" und Thrombokinase "Geigy" in bezug auf die Gerinnungsfaktoren V, VII, IX und X.

Alfred Bruno Krethlow · 1965

The results of the therapeutic treatment of cattle with the sulphonamide Ro 4-0517 (Roche) and the determination of sulphonamide blood levels in treated cattle

Fritz Bader · 1964

Antoni Clavé

Antoni Clavé · 1957

Contemporary Authors

Michael J. Tyrkus · 2012

The Story of The Committee of 300

John Coleman · 2000

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Pine Carpet

Pennithera firmata

Seen 2026-09-22

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Xestia c-nigrum

Seen 2026-09-22

ragwort

Jacobaea vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-22

Sneezewort

Achillea ptarmica

Seen 2026-09-22

Borrer's Male-fern

Dryopteris borreri

Seen 2026-09-22

Small Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Seen 2026-09-22

Orange Sallow

Tiliacea citrago

Seen 2026-09-21

Feathered Gothic

Tholera decimalis

Seen 2026-09-21

blackedged shield

Pluteus atromarginatus

Seen 2026-09-21

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

Official Identifiers