La Roquette-sur-Var

Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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Location of La Roquette-sur-Var

(2020–2026) Nicole Labbe^[1]Area

3.99 km² (1.54 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

945 • Density240/km² (610/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

06109 /06670

Elevation108–600 m (354–1,969 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Roquette-sur-Var (French pronunciation: [la ʁɔkɛt syʁ vaʁ], literally La Roquette on Var; Occitan: Sa Roqueta de Var; Italian: Rocchetta di Varo) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. It is one of sixteen villages grouped together by the Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur tourist department as the Route des Villages Perchés (Route of Perched Villages). The others are: Aspremont, Carros, Castagniers, Coaraze, Colomars, Duranus, Èze, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens and Utelle.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	537	—
1975	506	−0.85%
1982	565	+1.59%
1990	660	+1.96%
1999	820	+2.44%
2009	952	+1.50%
2014	890	−1.34%
2020	954	+1.16%
Source: INSEE^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "The route of perched villages" (PDF). Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 2013.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE