Arue, French Polynesia

{{short description|Commune in French Polynesia, France}}

{{For|other places with the same name|Arue (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Arue

|commune status = Commune

|image = Point de vue du Tahara'a.jpg

|caption = The coastline of Arue, with Papeete on the horizon

|map size = 270

|adjustable map = Arue.png

|map caption = Location of the commune (in red) within the Windward Islands. The atoll of Tetiaroa lies outside of the map.

|administrative subdivision=Windward Islands

|utc offset = −10:00

|INSEE = 98712

|postal code = 98701

|mayor = Teura Mare Iriti{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2022–2026

|coordinates = {{coord|-17.5161|-149.5117|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m =

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 1305

|area km2 = 20.5

|population = 10322

|population date = 2022

|population footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.ispf.pf/content//uploads/RP_2022_Decret_n_2022_1592_du_20_decembre_2022_authentifiant_les_resultats_du_recensement_de_la_population_2022_JOPF_778cd9be0e.pdf|title= Les résultats du recensement de la population 2022 de Polynésie française|language=fr|trans-title=Results of the 2022 population census of French Polynesia|publisher=Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française|date=January 2023}}

}}

Arue is a commune in the suburbs of Papeete in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Arue is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands,[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/decret/2005/12/20/DOMA0500013D/jo/texte Décret n° 2005-1611 du 20 décembre 2005 pris pour l'application du statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française], Légifrance themselves part of the Society Islands. At the 2022 census it had a population of 10,322.

The commune of Arue includes the atoll of Tetiaroa,[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000695062 Décret n°72-407 du 17 mai 1972 portant création de communes dans le territoire de la Polynésie française], Légifrance population 240 in 2017,[http://www.ispf.pf/docs/default-source/rp2017/repart_poplegale_iles_2017_v3.pdf Répartition de la population en Polynésie française en 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121173012/http://www.ispf.pf/docs/default-source/rp2017/repart_poplegale_iles_2017_v3.pdf |date=2021-11-21 }}, Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française (5.85 km2/2.26 sq. miles; property of Marlon Brando's family), located {{convert|58|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of Tahiti.

History

The area of Arue was first settled by travelers from Asia during the year of 1000. They had built houses out of grass and mud. The Polynesians had hunted fish with spears. Captain James Cook had arrived at Tahiti to observe the Transit of Venus.{{cite web |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/captain-cooks-1768-voyage-south-pacific-included-secret-mission-180970119/ |title=Captain Cook's 1768 Voyage to the South Pacific Included a Secret Mission |publisher=Smithsonian magazine |date=24 August 2018 |access-date=11 November 2021}}

The James Norman Hall Museum is located in Arue - it is a historic house museum that exhibits the home of the writer of The Bounty Trilogy as it was in 1951.{{Cite web|date=2021-11-08|title=Maison musée de James Norman Hall - Arue - Tahiti Heritage|url=https://www.tahitiheritage.pf/maison-james-norman-hall-musee/|access-date=2021-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108135307/https://www.tahitiheritage.pf/maison-james-norman-hall-musee/|archive-date=2021-11-08}}

References

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Category:Communes of French Polynesia

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