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Roques, Gers
Roques (; oc, Ròcas) also referred to as Roques-du-Gers is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.
Geography
It sits on a high ridge above the surrounding countryside approximately south of Condom.
Population
Personalitie ...
, a commune in France
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Roqués
Roqués is an uninhabited village belonging to the Spanish city council of Nerpio (Albacete (province)
Albacete ( es, Provincia de Albacete, ) is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Manc ...
, an uninhabited village in Spain
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Roques, Haute-Garonne
Roques (; oc, Ròcas de Garona) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas reg ...
, a commune in France
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Roques de Anaga
The Roques de Anaga are two monolithic rocks forming some of the most emblematic natural monuments of Tenerife ( Canary Islands, Spain). Roque de Tierra stands 179 meters above sea level and is closer to the main island while Roque de Fuera, at 6 ...
, two monuments of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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La Roque-d'Anthéron
La Roque-d'Anthéron (; Provençal: ''La Ròca d'Antarron'') is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. Part of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, it is located on the de ...
, a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France
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Los Roques archipelago
The Los Roques Archipelago (Spanish: ''Archipiélago de Los Roques'') is a federal dependency of Venezuela consisting of approximately 350 islands, cays, and islets in a total area of 40.61 square kilometers. The archipelago is located dire ...
, a federal dependency of Venezuela
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Los Roques Airport
Los Roques Airport ( es, Aeropuerto Los Roques) – a small domestic airport on the El Gran Roque island in the Los Roques archipelago off the coast of mainland Venezuela, some north of Caracas.
The runway was repaved in 2007. Air traffic is ...
, a small domestic airport on the El Gran Roque island in the Los Roques archipelago
* Roques, a small village in Aveyron, France
Other uses
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5643 Roques, a Main-belt asteroid
People with the surname Roques
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Claude Roques (1912–2003), French field hockey player
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Clément-Emile Roques (1880-1964), French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
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Jacques Roques
Capitaine Jacques Raphaël Roques (2 August 1897 – 24 May 1988) was a Swiss citizen who flew for the French during World War I, where he was credited with five aerial victories. He returned to military service during World War II, and served wi ...
, Swiss aviator
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Guillaume-Joseph Roques
Guillaume-Joseph Roques (1757–1847) was a French neoclassical and romantic painter.
He taught at the Royal Academy of Arts in Toulouse where Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres was among his pupils. He was a prolific artist and one of the mos ...
(1757–1847), French painter
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Léon Roques
Léon Roques (born 24 October 1839 in Aurignac, died 1923) was a French transcriber who is best known for his transcriptions of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. Perhaps his most familiar transcription is for violin and piano of Debussy's piano w ...
(1839–1923), French transcriber
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Pierre Roques
Pierre Auguste Roques (28 December 1856 – 26 February 1920) was a French general and creator of the French air force.
Biography
Born to a modest family in Marseillan, Hérault, his lively intelligence earned him a study grant that allowed hi ...
(1856–1920), French general
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Serge Roques
Serge Roques (born 11 June 1947 in Albi, Tarn) is a French politician and mayor of Villefranche-de-Rouergue (Aveyron). He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.
Roques was first elected for the Union for French Democracy (UDF) to rep ...
(born 1947), French politician
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Tony Roques
Tony Roques (born 7 September 1978 in Bromley) is a former rugby union player who played at flanker for the Cornish All Blacks and the England national rugby sevens team
The England national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby S ...
(born 1978), English rugby union football player
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Roque (disambiguation)
Roque is an American variant of croquet played on a hard smooth surface.
Roque may also refer to:
* Roque (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Roque (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name ...
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Rocks (disambiguation)
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ROCS (disambiguation)
The KDE Education Project (or KDE-Edu project) develops free educational software based on the KDE technologies for students and parents. These educational software is translated into more than 65 languages, so that users can access them without ...
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ROKS (disambiguation)
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French-language surnames