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Roquestéron | |
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Coordinates: 43°52′29″N 7°00′19″E / 43.8747°N 7.0053°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
Arrondissement | Nice |
Canton | Vence |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Danielle Chabaud |
Area 1 | 6.47 km2 (2.50 sq mi) |
Population | 561 |
• Density | 87/km2 (220/sq mi) |
Demonym | Roquestéronnais |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 06106 /06910 |
Elevation | 270–1,040 m (890–3,410 ft) (avg. 340 m or 1,120 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Roquestéron (French pronunciation: [ʁɔkɛsteʁɔ̃]; Occitan: Roquesteron; Italian: Roccasterone) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
It was part of the historic County of Nice until 1860 as Roccasterone.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 422 | — |
1975 | 404 | −0.62% |
1982 | 428 | +0.83% |
1990 | 509 | +2.19% |
1999 | 478 | −0.70% |
2009 | 558 | +1.56% |
2014 | 574 | +0.57% |
2020 | 570 | −0.12% |
Source: INSEE |
Roquestéron had a weather station between 1987 and 2008. It has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) characterized by volatile temperatures, heavy precipitation varied with dry spells, and high diurnal temperature variation.
Climate data for Roquestéron (1987–2008 normals & extremes) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 27.1 (80.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
28.1 (82.6) |
32.6 (90.7) |
35.8 (96.4) |
36.7 (98.1) |
40.1 (104.2) |
34.7 (94.5) |
30.4 (86.7) |
24.6 (76.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
40.1 (104.2) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.6 (52.9) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
18.6 (65.5) |
23.4 (74.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
26.2 (79.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
11.2 (52.2) |
20.6 (69.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
9.9 (49.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
22.7 (72.9) |
23.0 (73.4) |
18.8 (65.8) |
14.8 (58.6) |
9.1 (48.4) |
5.7 (42.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) |
-0.0 (32.0) |
2.7 (36.9) |
4.9 (40.8) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.4 (54.3) |
14.6 (58.3) |
14.8 (58.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
8.4 (47.1) |
3.3 (37.9) |
0.1 (32.2) |
6.8 (44.2) |
Record low °C (°F) | −8.5 (16.7) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
4.7 (40.5) |
8.0 (46.4) |
8.0 (46.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 87.9 (3.46) |
48.8 (1.92) |
45.4 (1.79) |
90.0 (3.54) |
78.1 (3.07) |
52.0 (2.05) |
35.1 (1.38) |
46.5 (1.83) |
100.1 (3.94) |
148.0 (5.83) |
135.2 (5.32) |
91.2 (3.59) |
964.5 (37.97) |
Average precipitation days | 5.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 73.3 |
Source 1: Météo Climat | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Météo Climat |