Moorea-Maiao

Moorea-Maiao

Moorea-Maiao

Commune in French Polynesia, France

Moorea-Maiao is a commune of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It consists of the island of Mo'orea (133 km2/51 sq. miles) and the much smaller atoll of Maiao (8.8 km2/3.4 sq. miles),[2] located 78 km (48 mi) southwest of Mo'orea, with both being part of the Windward Islands administrative subdivision.[3] As of the 2017 census, Moorea-Maiao had a population of 17,816, of whom 17,463 lived on Mo'orea and 353 lived on Maiao.[2]

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The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Afareaitu on the island of Mo'orea.[4]

Moorea-Maiao consists of the following associated communes:

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  1. calculated as population per km2

References

  1. [1]
    "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.
  2. [2]
    "Répartition de la population en Polynésie française en 2017" [Distribution of the population in French Polynesia in 2017] (PDF). Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française (in French). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  3. [3]
    Décret n° 2005-1611 du 20 décembre 2005 pris pour l'application du statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française, Légifrance
  4. [4]
    Décret n°72-407 du 17 mai 1972 portant création de communes dans le territoire de la Polynésie française, Légifrance
  5. [5]
    R1- Population sans doubles comptes, des subdivisions, communes et communes associées de Polynésie française, de 1971 à 1996
  6. [6]
    INSEE: Populations légales des communes et des communes associées de Polynésie française en 2017. Recensement de la population
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