Ponérihouen

Ponérihouen
Ponérihouen
Commune
	Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia
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	Coordinates: 21°04′38″S 165°23′46″E / 21.0772°S 165.396°ECoordinates: 21°04′38″S 165°23′46″E / 21.0772°S 165.396°E
Country	France
Sui generis collectivity	New Caledonia
Province	North Province
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Chanel Tutugoro
Area 1	707.3 km2 (273.1 sq mi)
Population (2019 census)	2,420
• Density	3.4/km2 (8.9/sq mi)
Ethnic distribution
• 2019 census	Kanaks 90.21%; Europeans 1.36%; Wallisians and Futunans 0.45%; Mixed 6.65%; Other 1.32%
Time zone	UTC+11:00
INSEE/Postal code	98823 /98823
Elevation	0–1,330 m (0–4,364 ft) ; (avg. 10 m or 33 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.

Ponérihouen is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.

Ponérihouen is the birthplace of the writer, feminist and politician Déwé Gorodey, who served as vice-president of the congress from 2001 to 2009.^[2]

References[]

^ Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019, Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie
^ Biographie : Déwé Gorodey (1949) (in French), BdV: Bourses des Voyages, retrieved 2017-11-10

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[pop2019-1] Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019, Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie

[2] Biographie : Déwé Gorodey (1949) (in French), BdV: Bourses des Voyages, retrieved 2017-11-10

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Ponérihouen
Commune
Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia
show Location of Ponérihouen Wikimedia \| © OpenStreetMap
Coordinates: 21°04′38″S 165°23′46″E / 21.0772°S 165.396°E / -21.0772; 165.396Coordinates: 21°04′38″S 165°23′46″E / 21.0772°S 165.396°E / -21.0772; 165.396
Country	France
Sui generis collectivity	New Caledonia
Province	North Province
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Chanel Tutugoro
Area ¹	707.3 km² (273.1 sq mi)
Population (2019 census)^[1]	2,420
• Density	3.4/km² (8.9/sq mi)
Ethnic distribution
• 2019 census	Kanaks 90.21% Europeans 1.36% Wallisians and Futunans 0.45% Mixed 6.65% Other 1.32%
Time zone	UTC+11:00
INSEE/Postal code	98823 /98823
Elevation	0–1,330 m (0–4,364 ft) (avg. 10 m or 33 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.