Dumbéa

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Dumbéa

|commune status = Commune

|province = South Province

|image = Monts-Koghis - Pic Malaoui (687 m) - Vue sur Nouméa (3225081920).jpg

|caption = Aerial view of Dumbéa

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Dumbéa (Nouvelle-Calédonie).svg

|map size = 270px

|adjustable map = Locator map of Dumbéa 2018.png

|map caption = Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia

|INSEE = 98805

|postal code = 98835

|mayor = Yoann Lecourieux{{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=30 November 2023|language=fr}}

|term = 2023–2026

|coordinates = {{coord|-22.15|166.45|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 20

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 1250

|area km2 = 254.6

|population = 35873

|population date = 2019

|population footnotes = [https://www.isee.nc/component/phocadownload/category/193-recensement?download=1979:rp-2019-population-logement-menages-communes Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019], Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie

|ethnic = Kanaks 29.61%
Europeans 19.08%
Wallisians and Futunans 18.24%
Mixed 14.54%
Other 18.53%

|ethnic date = 2019

}}

Dumbéa ({{IPA|fr|dœ̃bea|audio|LL-Q150 (fra)-Noaius Paticus-Dumbéa.wav}}; {{IPA|duf|ɳɖùmbea|lang|link=yes}}) 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.

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

Population

{{Historical populations

| align = none

| percentages = pagr

| source = ISEE{{cite web|url=https://www.isee.nc/population/recensement/structure-de-la-population-et-evolutions |title=Structure de la population et évolutions: La population aux différents recensements |author=ISEE |access-date=23 February 2021}}

| graph-pos = right

|1956 |284

|1963 |463

|1969 |1304

|1976 |4191

|1983 |5538

|1989 |10052

|1996 |13888

|2004 |18602

|2009 |24103

|2014 |31812

|2019 |35873

}}

Twin towns – sister cities

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Oceania}}

Dumbéa is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Jumelages|url=https://www.ville-dumbea.nc/les-jumelages/|website=ville-dumbea.nc|publisher=Dumbéa|language=fr|accessdate=2020-07-20}}

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  • {{flagicon|FRA}} Fréjus, France (1985)
  • {{flagicon|NCL|FLNKS}} Lifou, New Caledonia (2000)
  • {{flagicon|VUT}} Port Vila, Vanuatu (2003)
  • {{flagicon|NCL|FLNKS}} Poum, New Caledonia (2014)
  • {{flagicon|PYF}} Punaauia, French Polynesia (1991)

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References

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