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Roche is French for "boulder". The word is (part of) several names:

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[edit] Business & companies

[edit] Places

[edit] in France

Roche or Roches is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:

[edit] in Switzerland

[edit] in the United Kingdom

[edit] 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
  • 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
  • Roche a Baronet of Great Britain

[edit] 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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