Canton of Bern
Bernese Jura
Roches (BE)

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 . Currently, the town belongs to the Jura bernois administrative district of the canton of Bern. On 28 March 2021, the population voted to secede from the canton of Bern and join the ; the decision however is not immediately operative and entails a lengthy process of transfer of competences between cantonal authorities. 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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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”
  • Venetian: “Roches (Svisara)”
  • Venetian: “Roches”
  • Vietnamese: “Roches”
  • Volapük: “Roches”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Roches BE”
  • Welsh: “Roches”

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