Gambier (commune)

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Gambier

|commune status = Commune

|image = Commune.Gambier.JPG

|caption = A ship from Gambier

|map = Localització de Mangareva a les Tuamotu.png

|map caption = Location (in red) within the Tuamotu Archipelago

|administrative subdivision= Îles Tuamotu-Gambier

|utc offset = −09:00

|INSEE = 98719

|postal code = 98755

|mayor = Vai Vianello Gooding{{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=4 May 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|coordinates = {{coord|-23.14|-134.94|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 441

|area km2 = 45.97

|population = 1570

|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}}

|demonym =

|website =

|image flag = Flag of the Gambier Islands.svg

}}

Gambier ({{IPA|fr|ɡɑ̃bje}}) is a commune of French Polynesia in the administrative subdivision of the Tuamotu-Gambier Islands. The commune includes the Gambier Islands as well as several atolls in the Tuamotu Archipelago (the Acteon Group and the isolated atolls of Maria Est, Morane, and Marutea Sud). All the Tuamotu atolls belonging to the commune are uninhabited except for Marutea Sud, and are sometimes mistakenly included among the Gambier Islands themselves. The commune population was 1,570 at the 2022 census. Its total land area is 45.97 km².{{cite web|url=http://www.ispf.pf/docs/default-source/rp1996/r1.xls?sfvrsn=0|title=R1- Population sans doubles comptes, des subdivisions, communes et communes associées de Polynésie française, de 1971 à 1996|publisher=Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française|accessdate=2019-03-14|archive-date=2012-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114000509/http://www.ispf.pf/Libraries/RP1996/r1.sflb.ashx|url-status=dead}}

Administration

The commune of Gambier is made up of the following islands:

The chef-lieu of the commune is the village Rikitea[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 on the island of Mangareva.

Together with the Tuamotus, the Gambier Islands form the administrative subdivision Îles Tuamotu-Gambier (French officially: la subdivision administrative des îles Tuamotu-Gambier), one of the five primary administrative divisions of French Polynesia.[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

The commune Gambier, together with the communes in the eastern part of the Tuamotus (Anaa, Fangatau, Hao, Hikueru, Makemo, Napuka, Nukutavake, Puka-Puka, Reao, Tatakoto and Tureia), forms Îles Gambier et Tuamotu de l'Est, one of the 8 electoral sections for the Assembly of French Polynesia (Assemblée de la Polynésie française).[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/loi_organique/2011/8/1/IOCX1107574L/jo/texte Loi organique n° 2011-918 du 1er août 2011 relative au fonctionnement des institutions de la Polynésie française (1)], Légifrance

Gambier (commune)

Administration

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