Rurutu (municipality)

Location of the municipality of Rurutu

Map of Rurutu (1927)

Rurutu is a municipality in French Polynesia in the district of the Austral Islands since 1970 . It includes the island of the same name in the Pacific Ocean .

Residents

In 2007 there were 2088 inhabitants, and in 2012 the population was already 2325, and in 2017 it was 2466. The main industries are fishing , agriculture and tourism .

Administrative division

Rurutu is divided into three communes associées (roughly sub-municipalities):

commune associée	Area km²	Population 2017	location
Moera'i	...	1101	Northeast
'Auti	...	446	southeast
Avera	...	919	west
Rurutu	22nd	2466

Attractions

a stele by Eric de Bisschops

Individual evidence

Web links

Map showing the sub-municipalities

-22.471388888889 -151.33777777778Coordinates: 22 ° 28 ′ S , 151 ° 20 ′ W

[1] Institut Statistique de Polynésie Française (ISPF) - Recensement de la population 2007 ( Memento of February 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; French)

[2] ttp://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/detail.asp?ref_id=populegalescom&page=recensement/populegalescom/popcompolynesie.htm

[3] ttps://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/3294364?sommaire=2122700

[4] ttp://www.ispf.pf/images/AtlasRP2012/Population/5-%20Australes/Densit%C3%A9%20de%20population.pdf