Revest-les-Roches

Revest-les-Roches
Commune
View of the village on the way to Bonson

Coat of arms
Revest-les-Roches
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region
Revest-les-Roches
Coordinates: 43°52′53″N 7°09′29″E / 43.8814°N 7.1581°E / 43.8814; 7.1581Coordinates: 43°52′53″N 7°09′29″E / 43.8814°N 7.1581°E / 43.8814; 7.1581
Country France
Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement Nice
Canton Vence
Intercommunality Vallée de l'Estéron
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) René Goldoni
Area1 8.61 km2 (3.32 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 211
 • Density 25/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Revest-les-Roches is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.

Its inhabitants are called Revestois.

Toponomy

The name of the village, as it was first recorded in 1007 (Revestis), is from the Occitan revèst, a variant of revers, and signifies a site exposed to the north.[1]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
196240—    
196825−37.5%
197525+0.0%
198249+96.0%
1990122+149.0%
1999162+32.8%
2005192+18.5%
2006197+2.6%
2010212+7.6%
2012211−0.5%

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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


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