Dumbéa

Dumbéa
Dumbéa
Commune
	Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia
	show Location of Dumbéa
	Coordinates: 22°09′S 166°27′E / 22.15°S 166.45°ECoordinates: 22°09′S 166°27′E / 22.15°S 166.45°E
Country	France
Sui generis collectivity	New Caledonia
Province	South Province
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Georges Naturel
Area 1	254.6 km2 (98.3 sq mi)
Population (2019)	35,873
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Ethnic distribution
• 2019	Kanaks 29.61%; Europeans 19.08%; Wallisians and Futunans 18.24%; Mixed 14.54%; Other 18.53%
Time zone	UTC+11:00
INSEE/Postal code	98805 /98835
Elevation	0–1,250 m (0–4,101 ft) ; (avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
	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.

Dumbéa (French pronunciation: [dœ̃bea], Ndrumbea: [ɳɖùmbea]) is a commune in the suburbs of Nouméa in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The population of the commune was 35,873 according to the 2019 census.^[1]

From 1904 to 1940 the town was linked to Nouméa by the Nouméa-Païta railway.

Population[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1956	284	—
1963	463	+7.23%
1969	1,304	+18.84%
1976	4,191	+18.15%
1983	5,538	+4.06%
1989	10,052	+10.45%
1996	13,888	+4.73%
2004	18,602	+3.72%
2009	24,103	+5.32%
2014	31,812	+5.71%
2019	35,873	+2.43%
Source: ISEE^[2]

Twin towns – sister cities[]

Dumbéa is twinned with:^[3]

Fréjus, France (1985)
Lifou, New Caledonia (2000)
Port Vila, Vanuatu (2003)
Poum, New Caledonia (2014)
Punaauia, French Polynesia (1991)

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019, Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie
^ ISEE. "Structure de la population et évolutions: La population aux différents recensements". Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^ "Jumelages". ville-dumbea.nc (in French). Dumbéa. Retrieved 2020-07-20.

External links[]

Official website (in French)

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[pop2019-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019, Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie

[recens-2] ISEE. "Structure de la population et évolutions: La population aux différents recensements". Retrieved 23 February 2021.

[3] "Jumelages". ville-dumbea.nc (in French). Dumbéa. Retrieved 2020-07-20.

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show v t Administrative divisions of New Caledonia
Provinces	Loyalty Islands Province North Province South Province
Communes	Belep Boulouparis Bourail Canala Dumbéa Farino Hienghène Houaïlou L'Île-des-Pins Kaala-Gomen Koné Kouaoua Koumac La Foa Lifou Maré Moindou Le Mont-Dore Nouméa Ouégoa Ouvéa Païta Poindimié Ponérihouen Pouébo Pouembout Poum Poya Sarraméa Thio Touho Voh Yaté

Dumbéa
Commune
Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia
show Location of Dumbéa Wikimedia \| © OpenStreetMap
Coordinates: 22°09′S 166°27′E / 22.15°S 166.45°E / -22.15; 166.45Coordinates: 22°09′S 166°27′E / 22.15°S 166.45°E / -22.15; 166.45
Country	France
Sui generis collectivity	New Caledonia
Province	South Province
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Georges Naturel
Area ¹	254.6 km² (98.3 sq mi)
Population (2019)^[1]	35,873
• Density	140/km² (360/sq mi)
Ethnic distribution
• 2019	Kanaks 29.61% Europeans 19.08% Wallisians and Futunans 18.24% Mixed 14.54% Other 18.53%
Time zone	UTC+11:00
INSEE/Postal code	98805 /98835
Elevation	0–1,250 m (0–4,101 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft)
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.