La Roche-Blanche
La Roche-Blanche is a village in La Roche-Blanche, Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has about 3,440 residents. La Roche-Blanche is situated nearby to the hamlet Gergovie, as well as near Jussat.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 3,440 residents
- Also known as: “La Roche”
- Postal codes: 63670 and 63670
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Gergovie and Archeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia.
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Gergovie
Church
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Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Gergovie is a church.
Oppidum de Gergovie
Archaeological site
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Oppidum de Gergovie is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gergovie and Gergovie plateau.
Gergovie
Hamlet
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Gergovie is a French village in the commune of La Roche-Blanche in the Puy-de-Dôme département, a few kilometres south of Clermont-Ferrand. It is situated at the foot of the Gergovie plateau, the official but disputed site of the Battle of Gergovia, where…
Gergovie plateau
Locality
The Gergovie plateau is a plateau of the Massif Central located 10 km to the south of Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France and is named after the nearby village of Gergovie.
Le Crest
Village
Le Crest is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. It is part of the urban area of Clermont-Ferrand. Originally, it was a market village in a rural area known for viticulture and other agricultural crops.
La Roche-Blanche
- Category: locality
- Location: La Roche-Blanche, Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.70854° or 45° 42′ 31″ northLongitude
3.1276° or 3° 7′ 39″ eastPopulation
3,440Elevation
469 metres (1,539 feet)United Nations Location Code
FR EHCOpen location code
8FQ5P45H+C2OpenStreetMap ID
node 26697160OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3006806
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In Other Languages
“La Roche-Blanche” goes by many names.
- Occitan (post 1500): “La Ròcha Blancha”
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