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Revest-les-Roches (French pronunciation: [ʁəvɛst le ʁɔʃ]; Occitan: So Revest dei Ròcas) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Revest-les-Roches | |
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 View of the village on the way to Bonson | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Revest-les-Roches  | |
  Revest-les-Roches  Revest-les-Roches | |
| Coordinates: 43°52′53″N 7°09′29″E / 43.8814°N 7.1581°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
| Arrondissement | Nice |
| Canton | Vence |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Yves Mehr[1] |
| Area 1 | 8.61 km2 (3.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 233 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 06100 /06830 |
| Elevation | 138–1,524 m (453–5,000 ft) (avg. 853 m or 2,799 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Its inhabitants are called Revestois.
Toponymy edit
The name of the village, as it was first recorded in 1007 (Revestis), comes from the Occitan So Revèst, a variant of revèrs, and means a site exposed to the north.[3]
Population edit
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 25 | — |
| 1975 | 25 | +0.00% |
| 1982 | 49 | +10.09% |
| 1990 | 122 | +12.08% |
| 1999 | 162 | +3.20% |
| 2009 | 208 | +2.53% |
| 2014 | 224 | +1.49% |
| 2020 | 229 | +0.37% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ Ernest Nègre, Toponymie générale de la France : étymologie de 35 000 noms de lieux, vol. 2 : Formations non-romanes; formations dialectales, Geneva, Librairie Droz, coll. « Publications romanes et françaises » (no 194), 1996, 676 p. (ISBN 978-2-600-00133-5), § 22391, p 1199
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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