Moʻorea-Maiʻao | |
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Commune | |
Flag | |
Location of the commune (in red) within the Windward Islands. The atoll of Maiao lies outside of the map. | |
Location of Moʻorea-Maiʻao | |
Coordinates: 17°31′35″S 149°49′05″W / 17.5263°S 149.818°W / -17.5263; -149.818 | |
Country | France |
Overseas collectivity | French Polynesia |
Subdivision | Windward Islands |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Evans Haumani |
Area | 141.8 km (54.7 sq mi) |
Population | 18,201 |
• Density | 130/km (330/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−10:00 |
INSEE/Postal code | 98729 /98728 |
Elevation | 0–1,207 m (0–3,960 ft) |
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Moʻorea-Maiʻao is a commune of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It consists of the island of Moʻorea (133 km/51 sq. miles) and the much smaller atoll of Maiʻao (8.8 km/3.4 sq. miles), located 78 km (48 mi) southwest of Moʻorea, with both being part of the Windward Islands administrative subdivision. As of the 2022 census, Moorea-Maiao had a population of 18,201, of whom 17,858 lived on Mo'orea and 343 lived on Maiao.
The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Afareaitu on the island of Mo'orea.
Moorea-Maiao consists of the following associated communes:
Commune associée |
Area (km) |
Population 2022 |
Population density |
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Afareaitu | 23.8 | 4,055 | 170 |
Haapiti | 38.8 | 4,109 | 106 |
Pao Pao | 30.0 | 4,895 | 163 |
Papetoai | 25.4 | 2,214 | 87 |
Teavaro | 15.8 | 2,585 | 164 |
Maiao | 8.3 | 343 | 41 |
Commune Moorea-Maiao |
141.8 | 18,201 | 128 |
- calculated as population per km
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020.
- ^ "Les résultats du recensement de la population 2022 de Polynésie française" [Results of the 2022 population census of French Polynesia] (PDF) (in French). Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française. January 2023.
- Décret n° 2005-1611 du 20 décembre 2005 pris pour l'application du statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française, Légifrance
- Décret n°72-407 du 17 mai 1972 portant création de communes dans le territoire de la Polynésie française, Légifrance
- R1- Population sans doubles comptes, des subdivisions, communes et communes associées de Polynésie française, de 1971 à 1996
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