La Roquette-sur-Var

La Roquette-sur-Var
La Roquette-sur-Var
Commune
	La Roquette-sur-Var from across the hillside
	Coat of arms
	La Roquette-sur-Var La Roquette-sur-Var
	Coordinates: 43°49′45″N 7°11′59″E / 43.8292°N 7.1997°ECoordinates: 43°49′45″N 7°11′59″E / 43.8292°N 7.1997°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)	Nicole Labbe
Area 1	3.99 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	06109 /06670
Elevation	108–600 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) 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.^[2]

Population

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "The route of perched villages" (PDF). Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur. 2013.

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