La Roche-Blanche, Puy-de-Dôme

Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Coat of arms

Location of La Roche-Blanche

(2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Roussel^[1]Area

11.6 km² (4.5 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,436 • Density300/km² (770/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

63302 /63670

Elevation348–744 m (1,142–2,441 ft)
(avg. 420 m or 1,380 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Roche-Blanche (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔʃ blɑ̃ʃ] ^ⓘ; Occitan: La Ròcha Blancha) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,403	—
1975	1,903	+4.45%
1982	2,262	+2.50%
1990	2,664	+2.07%
1999	2,917	+1.01%
2007	3,194	+1.14%
2012	3,192	−0.01%
2017	3,422	+1.40%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Twin towns

The commune is twinned with:

Empfingen, Germany

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE