Rochefourchat
Sign in to saveRochefourchat (; ) is a commune in the Drôme department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, southeastern France. In the commune, there is a single house, the St. Pierre's Church, a converted barn, and the ruins of an old castle. The commune is bordered by four other communes, and nearest to Rochefourchat are Saint-Nazaire-le-Désert, Les Tonils, Pradelle, and Brette.
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Place details
- Locality
- Rochefourchat
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Rochefourchat
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Rochefourchat - Place du Château - Côté église Saint-Pierre.jpeg
- French commune.caption
- The village of Rochefourchat.
- French commune.arrondissement
- Die
- French commune.canton
- Le Diois
- French commune.INSEE
- 26274
- French commune.postal code
- 26340
- French commune.mayor
- Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Martigny
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Diois
- French commune.elevation m
- 963
- French commune.elevation min m
- 600
- French commune.elevation max m
- 1513
- French commune.area km2
- 12.74
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Rochefourchat
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Die
- Population
- 2
- Area
- 12.74
- Elevation
- 1006
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Les Tonils
- Official website
- rochefourchat.fr
- Image
- Rochefourchat - Place du Château - Côté église Saint-Pierre.jpeg
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- Commons category
- Rochefourchat
- postal code
- 26340
- associated electoral district
- canton of Diois
- male population
- 0
- female population
- 1
- P8168
- Roffey
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-4-75-27-26-01
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Rochefourchat (; ) is a commune in the Drôme department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, southeastern France. In the commune, there is a single house, the St. Pierre's Church, a converted barn, and the ruins of an old castle. The commune is bordered by four other communes, and nearest to Rochefourchat are Saint-Nazaire-le-Désert, Les Tonils, Pradelle, and Brette.
== History == In 1178, the castle of Rocha Forcha was built by the bishops of Die as a stronghold against the Holy Roman Emperors. It belonged to French lords until the year 1766 when the last one, Lord Rey de Noinville, died. In 1796, a French trader, Pierre Jossaud bought the land surrounding the castle and renamed it Rochefourchat. The commune has been passed down through Jossaud's family.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rochefourchat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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