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La Roche-sur-Foron is a commune in France, situated in the Haute-Savoie department within the arrondissement of Bonneville. It serves as the capital of the canton of la Roche-sur-Foron. The town is located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and shares borders with Amancy, Cornier, and Évires. Its official name is also recorded as Roche.
The commune has an area of 17.94 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 12,187 residents and another citing 10,026. Demographic data indicates a male population of 5,614 and a female population of 5,725. The postal code for the area is 74800. La Roche-sur-Foron is twinned with Candelo and Stockach.
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Place details
- Locality
- La Roche-sur-Foron
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 10,026
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Department
- Haute-Savoie
- Arrondissement
- Bonneville
- Canton
- La Roche-sur-Foron
- Intercommunality
- CC du Pays Rochois
- Mayor 2022 2026
- Pierrick Ducimetiere
- Area
- 17.94 km (6.93 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 11,348
- Density
- 632.6/km (1,638/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Rochois / Rochoises
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 74224 /74800
- Elevation
- 500–1,896 m (1,640–6,220 ft)
- Website
- Larochesurforon.fr
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Roche
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Bonneville
- Population
- 11348
- Area
- 17.94
- Elevation
- 828
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Fillière
- Official website
- www.larochesurforon.fr
- Image
- La Roche-sur-Foron-01 (2019).jpg
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- Commons category
- La Roche-sur-Foron
- postal code
- 74800
- topic's main category
- Category:La Roche-sur-Foron
- twinned administrative body
- Stockach
- associated electoral district
- canton of la Roche-sur-Foron
- male population
- 5614
- female population
- 5725
- P8168
- Severian Baranyk
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-50-25-90-00
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Encyclopedic overview
La Roche-sur-Foron ( French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃ syʁ fɔʁɔ̃]; Arpitan: La Roche) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
It is located about 23 km (14.2 mi) southeast of Geneva, Switzerland. La Roche-sur-Foron station has rail connections to Lyon, Annecy, Saint-Gervais and Geneva.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Roche-sur-Foron” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.