Roquebillière
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Roquebillière | |
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Coordinates: 44°00′43″N 7°18′27″E / 44.0119°N 07.3075°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
Arrondissement | Nice |
Canton | Tourrette-Levens |
Intercommunality | Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Gérard Manfredi[1] |
Area 1 | 25.92 km2 (10.01 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,815 |
• Density | 70/km2 (180/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 06103 /06450 |
Elevation | 500–2,045 m (1,640–6,709 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Roquebillière (French pronunciation: [ʁɔkbiljɛʁ]; historical Italian: Roccabigliera; Occitan: Ròcabilhiera) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
History
It was part of the historic County of Nice until 1860 as Roccabigliere. The town was at one time a Templar settlement.
Fall of France. He and two companions spent their last summer there before the outbreak of World War II while finishing his book Darkness at Noon
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Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,426 | — |
1975 | 1,336 | −0.93% |
1982 | 1,504 | +1.71% |
1990 | 1,539 | +0.29% |
1999 | 1,467 | −0.53% |
2009 | 1,635 | +1.09% |
2014 | 1,774 | +1.65% |
2020 | 1,822 | +0.45% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
- (in English and French) & (Occitan) Dance and traditional music from Roquebillière
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