Roche, Isère

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Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of Roche

(2020–2026) Bernard Cochard^[1]Area

21.04 km² (8.12 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,137 • Density100/km² (260/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

38339 /38090

Elevation267–516 m (876–1,693 ft)
(avg. 230 m or 750 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Roche (French pronunciation: [ʁɔʃ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.^[3]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	983	—
1800	1,095	+1.55%
1806	1,179	+1.24%
1821	1,411	+1.20%
1831	1,487	+0.53%
1836	1,513	+0.35%
1841	1,603	+1.16%
1846	1,590	−0.16%
1851	1,576	−0.18%
1856	1,490	−1.12%
1861	1,448	−0.57%
1866	1,453	+0.07%
1872	1,454	+0.01%
1876	1,424	−0.52%
1881	1,390	−0.48%
1886	1,390	+0.00%
1891	1,304	−1.27%
1896	1,261	−0.67%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,208	−0.86%
1906	1,182	−0.43%
1911	1,173	−0.15%
1921	1,025	−1.34%
1926	995	−0.59%
1931	961	−0.69%
1936	921	−0.85%
1946	922	+0.01%
1954	857	−0.91%
1962	862	+0.07%
1968	866	+0.08%
1975	875	+0.15%
1982	1,028	+2.33%
1990	1,243	+2.40%
1999	1,548	+2.47%
2007	1,812	+1.99%
2012	1,896	+0.91%
2017	2,083	+1.90%

Source: EHESS^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Roche, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE