Roquettes

Not to be confused with Roquetes, Roquette, or Rocket.

Roquettes
Commune
Roquettes watermill by Eugène de Malbos, around 1840
Coat of arms
Location of Roquettes
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Coordinates: 43°30′00″N 1°22′02″E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement	Muret
Canton	Portet-sur-Garonne
Intercommunality	Le Muretain Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Capdecomme[1]
Area ^1	3.36 km^2 (1.30 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	4,297
• Density	1,300/km^2 (3,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	31460 /31120
Elevation	148–163 m (486–535 ft) (avg. 155 m or 509 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Roquettes (French pronunciation: [ʁɔkɛt]; Occitan: Roquetas) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	234	—
1975	493	+11.23%
1982	2,200	+23.82%
1990	2,801	+3.07%
1999	3,285	+1.79%
2007	3,460	+0.65%
2012	4,193	+3.92%
2017	4,049	−0.70%
2019	4,212	+1.99%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Haute-Garonne department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE