Moorea Maiao
Moorea-Maiao is a municipality in French Polynesia that belongs to the Îles du Vent subdivision . It includes the islands of Moorea and Maiao .
Community structure
The municipality is divided into six communes associées , five of them on the island of Moorea , while the sixth corresponds to the island of Maiao :
| Commune associée |
Area ( km² ) |
Population 2017-08-17 |
Population density |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afareaitu | 23.8 | 3674 | 154.4 |
| Haapiti | 38.8 | 4254 | 109.6 |
| Paopao | 30.0 | 4639 | 154.6 |
| Papetoai | 25.4 | 2329 | 92.8 |
| Teavaro | 15.8 | 2567 | 162.5 |
| Maiao | 8.3 | 353 | 42.5 |
Moorea-Maiao parish |
141.8 | 17816 | 125.6 |
The total area of the municipality covers 141.8 km².
Politics and administration
Politically, Moorea is now part of French Polynesia. The island is French overseas territory and is therefore part of the EU . It is administered by a subdivision (Subdivision administrative des Îles du Vent) of the High Commission of French Polynesia (Haut-commissariat de la République en Polynésie française) based in Papeete .
Moorea and the island of Maiao, 76 km to the west, form an independent municipality (Commune de Moorea) .
The political municipality of Moorea-Maiao has a total of 17,816 inhabitants, the population density is 125.6 inhabitants / km².
The official language is French. The currency is (still) the CFP franc, which is linked to the euro. The administrative budget of the Society Islands is largely subsidized with funds from France and the EU.
The main town and administrative center is the village of Afareaitu on the east coast, which also has a small cargo and fishing port.
Individual evidence
- ↑ R1 Population sans doubles comptes, the subdivisions, communes et communes associées de Polynésie française, de 1971 à 1996
- ↑ INSEE: Population légales des communes et des communes associées de Polynésie française en 2017. Recensement de la population
- ↑ calculated in inhabitants per square kilometer