La Roquette-sur-Var | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Roquette-sur-Var 06.svg |
Arrondissement: | Nice |
Canton: | Tourrette-Levens |
Insee: | 06109 |
Postal Code: | 06670 |
Mayor: | Nicole Labbe[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur |
Coordinates: | 43.8292°N 7.1997°W |
Elevation Min M: | 108 |
Elevation Max M: | 600 |
Area Km2: | 3.99 |
La Roquette-sur-Var (in French pronounced as /la ʁɔkɛt syʁ vaʁ/, literally La Roquette on Var; Occitan (post 1500);: Sa Roqueta de Var; Italian: Rocchetta di Varo) 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]