Roquebillière

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

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

Coat of arms

Location of Roquebillière

(2020–2026) Gérard Manfredi^[1]Area

25.92 km² (10.01 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,815 • Density70/km² (180/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

06103 /06450

Elevation500–2,045 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.

Arthur Koestler describes the town in August of 1939 in the opening chapter of Scum of the Earth (book), his memoir of the 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.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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]

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