Maré

Maré
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	0–138 m (0–453 ft) (avg. 40 m/130 ft)
Land area1	641.7 km2 (247.8 sq mi)
Population2	7,401  (2004 census)
- Density	12 /km2 (31 /sq mi)
- Ethnic distribution   (1996 census)	Kanaks 97.6% Europeans 2.0% Polynesians 0.2% Other 0.2%
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 without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 21°31′00″S 167°59′00″E / 21.516667°S 167.983333°E / -21.516667; 167.983333

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.

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Mare beach