Moʻorea-Maiʻao

Moʻorea-Maiʻao
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
CountryFrance
Overseas collectivityFrench Polynesia
SubdivisionWindward Islands
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Evans Haumani[1]
Area
1
141.8 km2 (54.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
18,201
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−10:00
INSEE/Postal code
98729 /98728
Elevation0–1,207 m (0–3,960 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (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 km2/51 sq. miles) and the much smaller atoll of Maiʻao (8.8 km2/3.4 sq. miles), located 78 km (48 mi) southwest of Moʻorea, with both being part of the Windward Islands administrative subdivision.[3] 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.[2]

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:

Commune
associée
Area
(km2)[5]
Population
2022[2]
Population density
[a]
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
  1. ^ calculated as population per km2

References

  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. ^ a b c "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.
  3. ^ Décret n° 2005-1611 du 20 décembre 2005 pris pour l'application du statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française, Légifrance
  4. ^ Décret n°72-407 du 17 mai 1972 portant création de communes dans le territoire de la Polynésie française, Légifrance
  5. ^ R1- Population sans doubles comptes, des subdivisions, communes et communes associées de Polynésie française, de 1971 à 1996