Roquebillière | |
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![]() A general view of the village, with the belfry in the middle | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
[edit]- (in English and French) & (Occitan) Dance and traditional music from Roquebillière
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