Roches

Roches is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in . It is located in the French-speaking .
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  • Type: Village with 208 residents
  • Description: village and municipality in the Jura, canton of Bern, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Roches BE” and “Roches, Switzerland”
  • Postal code: 2762

Places of Interest

Highlights include Moutier railway station and Mont Raimeux.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of . It is a Keilbahnhof and an intermediate stop on the Basel–Biel/Bienne line and the terminus of the Solothurn–Moutier and Sonceboz-Sombeval–Moutier lines.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a mountain of the Jura range, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of and . Reaching a height of 1,302 metres above sea level, it is the highest summit in the canton of Jura. is situated 3½ km east of Roches.

Town hall
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is situated 2½ km south of Roches.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vellerat and Moutier.

Village
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is a former municipality in the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in . On 1 January 2019, the former municipalities of and merged into the municipality of .

Town
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is a municipality in . Until 31 December 2025, the town belonged to the Jura bernois administrative district of the canton of Bern. On 28 March 2021, the population voted to secede and join the . is situated 2½ km south of Roches.

Village
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is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the in . It is located in the French-speaking part of the canton in the Jura mountains. is situated 3 km southeast of Roches.

Roches

Latitude
47.30193° or 47° 18′ 7″ north
Longitude
7.38205° or 7° 22′ 55″ east
Population
208
Elevation
509 metres (1,670 feet)
Open location code
8FV9892J+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240070367
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2659001
Wiki­data ID
Q68011
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Roches” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Roches”
  • Basque: “Roches (BE)”
  • Basque: “Roches”
  • Breton: “Roches”
  • Catalan: “Roches”
  • Cebuano: “Roches (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Roches”
  • Chinese: “罗什”
  • Chinese: “羅什”
  • Chuvash: “Рош”
  • Czech: “Roches”
  • Dutch: “Roches”
  • Esperanto: “Hautes-Roches”
  • Esperanto: “Roches BE”
  • French: “Roches”
  • German: “Roches BE”
  • German: “Roches”
  • Hungarian: “Roches”
  • Irish: “Roches”
  • Italian: “Roches”
  • Kazakh: “Рош”
  • Lombard: “Roches”
  • Malay: “Roches, Switzerland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Roches BE”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Roches i Sveits”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Roches”
  • Polish: “Roches (Szwajcaria)”
  • Polish: “Roches”
  • Portuguese: “Roches”
  • Russian: “Рош”
  • Spanish: “Roches”
  • Swedish: “Roches, Bern”
  • Swedish: “Roches”
  • Swiss German: “Roches”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Roches BE”
  • Turkish: “Roches”
  • Ukrainian: “Рош”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Roches”
  • Urdu: “روشیس، سوئٹزرلینڈ”
  • Venetian: “Roches (Svisara)”
  • Venetian: “Roches”
  • Vietnamese: “Roches”
  • Volapük: “Roches”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Roches BE”
  • Welsh: “Roches”

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