Geography
Roquemaure lies on the right (west) bank of the Rhone, just to the south of the Île de Miémar at the eastern end of a narrow limestone ridge, the Montagne de Saint Geniès. The ridge extends for 4.5 km in an east-west direction and rises abruptly from the flat alluvial plane. The town is 12 km north of Avignon, 10 km south-southeast of Orange and 4 km west of Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
The town is the administrative centre (chef-lieu) of the canton of Roquemaure, one of 24 cantons of the Arrondissement of Nîmes. The canton consists of nine communes: Laudun-l'Ardoise, Lirac, Montfaucon, Roquemaure, Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas, Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres, Saint-Victor-la-Coste, Tavel and Sauveterre.
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