Maré

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Commune of Maré

Location
Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia
Administration
Country France
Sui generis collectivity New Caledonia
Province Loyalty Islands
Mayor Basile Citre
Statistics
Elevation 0 m–138 m
(avg. 40 m)
Land area¹ 641.7 km²
Population²
(2004 census)
7,401
 - Density 11.5/km² (2004 census)
 - Ethnic distribution
  (1996 census)
Kanaks 97.6%
Europeans 2.0%
Polynesians 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 98815/ 98828
1 New Caledonia Land Register (DITTT) data, which exclude lakes and ponds larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Maré is a commune in the Loyalty Islands Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.

The commune of Maré is made up of Maré Island and the much smaller Dudun Island, which lie among the Loyalty Islands, to the northeast of New Caledonia's mainland. The settlement of Tadin, on Maré Island, is the administrative centre of the commune of Maré.

Coordinates: 47°10′N, 3°25′E