Roquetoire

Roquetoire Rokesdorn
Commune
The town hall of Roquetoire
Coat of arms
Location of Roquetoire
Roquetoire Roquetoire
Coordinates: 50°40′16″N 2°20′35″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Aire-sur-la-Lys
Intercommunality	CA Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Véronique Boidin
Area 1	10.71 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,957
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62721 /62120
Elevation	22–71 m (72–233 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
Website	www.roquetoire.fr
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Roquetoire (French pronunciation: [ʁɔktwaʁ]; West Flemish: Rokesdorn) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Roquetoire is located some 7 miles (12 km) southeast of Saint-Omer at the junction of the D195 and the D187 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,078	—
1975	1,148	+0.90%
1982	1,351	+2.35%
1990	1,571	+1.90%
1999	1,621	+0.35%
2007	1,739	+0.88%
2012	1,895	+1.73%
2017	1,944	+0.51%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• The church of St.Michel, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The eighteenth century Château de La Morande.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Internet website : villagederoquetoire.free.fr (in French)