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New Caledonia

NEW CALEDONIA

Native Name: Nouvelle-Calédonie

ISO-Code: NCL

Dependent from: France

Capital: Nouméa

Contents

The island and provinces of New Caledonia as well as all communes of more than 3,000 inhabitants.

Islands & Provinces
Principal Communes
Principal Agglomeration
Communes

Islands & Provinces

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Adm.	A (km²)	C 1976-04-23	C 1983-04-14	C 1989-04-04	C 1996-04-16	C 2004-08-31	Cp 2009-07-27
<	Lifou		Isl	LOY	1,207	7,585	8,128	8,726	10,007	10,320	8,627
<	Maré {Mare}		Isl	LOY	642	4,156	4,610	5,646	6,896	7,401	5,417
<	Ouvéa {Ouvea}		Isl	LOY	132	2,777	2,772	3,540	3,974	4,359	3,392
<	Îles Loyauté {Iles Loyaute}	LOY	Prov		1,981	14,518	15,510	17,912	20,877	22,080	17,436
<	Îles Bélep {Iles Belep}		Isl	NOR	70	624	686	745	923	930	895
<	Nouvelle-Calédonie (Nord) {Nouvelle-Caledonie}		Isl	NOR	8,491	31,397	30,624	33,781	40,490	43,544	44,242
<	Nord	NOR	Prov		8,561	32,021	31,310	34,526	41,413	44,474	45,137
<	L'Île des Pins {LIle des Pins}		Isl	SUD	152	1,095	1,287	1,465	1,671	1,840	1,969
<	Nouvelle-Calédonie (Sud) {Nouvelle-Caledonie}		Isl	SUD	7,881	85,599	97,261	110,270	132,875	162,395	181,038
<	Sud	SUD	Prov		8,033	86,694	98,548	111,735	134,546	164,235	183,007
	New Caledonia	NCL			18,575	133,233	145,368	164,173	196,836	230,789	245,580

(1976) UN Demographic Yearbook 1983.
(1983) (1989) (1990) Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques France (web).
(2004) (2009) Institut de la Statistique et des Études Économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie (web).

Principal Communes

	Name	Adm.	M Cp 2009-07-27
1	Nouméa	SUD	97,579
2	Le Mont-Doré	SUD	25,683
3	Dumbéa	SUD	24,103
4	Païta	SUD	16,358

Principal Agglomeration

	Name	Adm.	A Cp 2009-07-27
1	Nouméa	SUD	163,723

Communes

	Name	Adm.	M C 1976-04-23	M C 1983-04-15	M C 1989-04-04	M C 1996-04-16	M C 2004-08-31	M Cp 2009-07-27
<	Bourail	SUD	3,149	3,410	4,122	4,364	4,779	4,999
<	Canala	NOR	3,884	3,842	2,907	3,374	3,512	3,341
<	Dumbéa {Dumbea}	SUD	4,191	5,538	10,052	13,888	18,602	24,103
<	Houaïlou {Houailou}	NOR	3,853	3,995	3,671	4,332	4,537	3,945
<	Koné {Kone}	NOR	2,479	2,919	2,919	4,055	4,500	5,199
<	Koumac	NOR	2,481	1,405	2,194	2,647	3,003	3,690
<	La Foa	SUD	1,993	2,094	2,155	2,502	2,903	3,323
<	Le Mont-Doré {Le Mont-Dore}	SUD	10,659	14,614	16,370	20,780	24,195	25,683
<	Nouméa {Noumea}	SUD	56,078	60,112	65,110	76,293	91,386	97,579
<	Païta {Paita}	SUD	3,407	4,834	6,049	7,862	12,062	16,358
<	Poindimié {Poindimie}	NOR	3,010	3,644	3,590	4,340	4,824	4,818
<	Thio	SUD	2,894	3,019	2,368	2,614	2,743	2,629

(1976) UN Demographic Yearbook 1983.
(1983) (1989) (1990) Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques France (web).
(2004) (2009) Institut de la Statistique et des Études Économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie (web).
For the population of the municipalities on the Îles Loyauté see the corresponding islands in the first table.