Revest-les-Roches (French pronunciation: [ʁəvɛst le ʁɔʃ]; Occitan: So Revest dei Ròcas) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
Its inhabitants are called Revestois.
Toponymy
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
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 25 | — |
| 1975 | 25 | +0.00% |
| 1982 | 49 | +10.09% |
| 1990 | 122 | +12.08% |
| 1999 | 162 | +3.20% |
| 2007 | 199 | +2.60% |
| 2012 | 211 | +1.18% |
| 2017 | 235 | +2.18% |
| 2023 | 239 | +0.28% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
References
- ^ “Répertoire national des élus: les maires”. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ “Populations de référence 2023” (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ 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 municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
