Roquetoire

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Coordinates: 50°40′16″N 2°20′35″E / 50.6711111111, 2.34305555556

Commune of Roquetoire
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Aire-sur-la-Lys
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays d'Aire
Mayor	Françoise Henneron
Statistics
Elevation	22 m–71 m (avg. 40 m)
Land area¹	10,71 km²
Population² (1999)	1621
- Density	151/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62721/ 62120
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Roquetoire is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 Places of interest 4 See also 5 External links 6 Notes

[edit] Geography

A large farming village located some 7 miles (12km) southeast of Saint-Omer at the junction of the D195 and the D187 roads.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
1067	1078	1148	1351	1571	1621
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St.Michel, dating from the 19th century.
• The 18th century Château de La Morande.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Roquetoire on the Insee website (French)
• Roquetoire on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 18th 2008.