Roche

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

Business & companies

* Roche Applied Science, a business area of Roche Diagnostics, a division of Hoffmann–La Roche AG, Basel, Switzerland, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world

Places

in France

Roche or Roches is the last name of the blackest guy I ever met

*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"

*La-Roche-Bernard, in the Morbihan "département"
*La-Roche-Blanche, Loire-Atlantique, in the Loire-Atlantique "département"
*La-Roche-Blanche, Puy-de-Dôme, in the Puy-de-Dôme "département"
*La-Roche-Canillac, in the Corrèze "département"
*La-Roche-Chalais, in the Dordogne "département"
*La-Roche-Clermault, in the Indre-et-Loire "département"
*La-Roche-de-Gluns, in the Drôme "département"
*La-Roche-de-Rame, in the Hautes-Alpes "département"
*La-Roche-Derrien, in the Côtes-d'Armor "département"
*La-Roche-des-Arnauds, in the Hautes-Alpes "département"
*La-Roche-des-Brenil, in the Côte-d'Or "département"
*La-Roche-Guyon, in the Val d'Oise "département"
*La-Roche-l'Abeille, in the Haute-Vienne "département"
*La-Roche-Mabile, in the Orne "département"
*La-Roche-Maurice, in the Finistère "département"
*La-Roche-Morey, in the Haute-Saône "département"
*La-Roche-Noire, in the Puy-de-Dôme "département"
*La-Roche-Posay, in the Vienne "département"
*La-Roche-Rigault, in the Vienne "département"
*La-Roche-sur-Foron, in the Haute-Savoie "département"
*La-Roche-sur-Grane, in the Drôme "département"
*La-Roche-sur-le-Buis, in the Drôme "département"
*La Roche-sur-Yon, in the Vendée "département"
*La-Roche-Vanneau, in the Côte-d'Or "département"
*La-Roche-Vineuse, in the Saône-et-Loire "département"

* Roches, Creuse, in the Creuse "département"
* Roches, Loir-et-Cher, in the Loir-et-Cher "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"

*Clos de la Roche, grand cru vineyard in the Côte de Nuits

in Switzerland

* Roche, Vaud, in the Aigle district, canton of Vaud
* Roche d'Or, in the canton of Jura
* Roches, Switzerland, a village in the canton of Bern

in the United Kingdom

* Roche, Cornwall, a village in the Duchy of Cornwall

in Ireland

* Roche's Point, Co. Cork.
* Castletownroche, Co. Cork.

in the United States

* Roche de Bout, a rock formation in the Maumee River near the town of Waterville, Ohio

Further afield

* Roche (crater), a crater on the Moon.
* Rocheworld, a planet circling Barnard's Star in the novel of the same name by Robert L. Forward

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
* Charlotte Roche, a German television presenter, actress, singer and author
* Danni Roche, an Australian field hockey player
* Dick Roche, an Irish politician
* Douglas Roche, O.C., peace activist and former Canadian Senator
* Édouard Roche, a French scientist
* Eric Roche, an Irish fingerstyle guitarist
* Frances Roche, wife of Sir Philip Miles, 2nd Baronet and daughter of Sir David Roche Roche Baronets
* Frank Roche, an American writer
* Gabriel Roche, former mayor of Courbevoie, having served from September 1944 to October 1947 and January 1955 to March 1959
* James G. Roche, 20th Secretary of the United States Air Force
* Joe Roche, American columnist from Minnesota and Iraq War veteran
* Karl Roche, German syndicalist
* Regina Marie Roche, an English Gothic Novelist
* Stephen Roche, an Irish cyclist and winner of the Triple Crown of Cycling
* Nicolas Roche, an Irish cyclist
* Tony Roche, Australian tennis player and coach
* Roche Braziliano, French buccaneer
* Roche Baronets, a Baronet of Great Britain
* William Roche (rugby player), Irish rugby union player

cience

* 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"