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La Rochette is a commune in France, situated within the Hautes-Alpes department. It lies in the arrondissement of Gap and the canton of La Bâtie-Neuve, while its associated electoral district is the canton of Chorges. The municipality is located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region and shares borders with Ancelle, La Bâtie-Neuve, La Bâtie-Vieille, and Forest-Saint-Julien.
The area of La Rochette is 10.34 square kilometers. Its population is 477, comprising 227 males and 239 females. The postal code for the commune is 05000. Elevation data varies by source, with figures listed at 1631 meters and 1218 meters above sea level.
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Place details
- Locality
- La Rochette
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Department
- Hautes-Alpes
- Arrondissement
- Gap
- Canton
- Chorges
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Marlène Durif
- Area
- 10.34 km (3.99 sq mi)
- Density
- 45.6/km (118/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 05124 /05000
- Elevation
- 779–1,631 m (2,556–5,351 ft) , (avg. 1,100 m or 3,600 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- La Rochette
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Gap
- Population
- 473
- Area
- 10.34
- Elevation
- 1154
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Rambaud
- Official website
- www.mairie-larochette05.fr
- Image
- Rochette05-14.JPG
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- Commons category
- La Rochette (Hautes-Alpes)
- postal code
- 05000
- different from
- La Rochette
- associated electoral district
- canton of Chorges
- male population
- 227
- female population
- 239
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-92-52-37-59
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Encyclopedic overview
La Rochette ( French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃɛt] ; Occitan: La Rocheta) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France. It is located about 10 km north east of Gap.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Rochette” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.