Roche

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

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  • Hoffmann-La Roche, also known as Roche, is a Swiss pharmaceutical company that owns the patent on Tamiflu®, and is the subject of The Fall's song Rowche Rumble.

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
  • 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

  • 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
  • Édouard Roche, French scientist
  • Gabriel Roche, former mayor of Courbevoie, 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
  • Arthur Roche Member of alpha Sigma Phi bond numer 119

  • Roche limit (also known as the "Roche radius"), a concept in celestial mechanics
  • Roche lobe, a concept in celestial mechanics
  • Roche (spider), a spider genus in the family Ochyroceratidae
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