Maré
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| Commune of Maré | |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Sui generis collectivity | New Caledonia |
| Province | Islands Province |
| Mayor | Basile Citre |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 0 m–138 m (avg. 40 m) |
| Land area¹ | 641.7 km² |
| Population² (2004 census) |
7,401 |
| - Density (2004 census) | 11.5/km² |
| - 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 mi² or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Maré is a commune in the 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.
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Provinces
Loyalty Islands · North Province · South Province
Communes
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