Dumbéa

Commune in New Caledonia, France

Coat of arms

Location of the commune (in red) within New Caledonia

Location of Dumbéa

Coordinates: (2023–2026) Yoann Lecourieux^[1]Area

254.6 km² (98.3 sq mi)Population

(2019)^[2]

35,873 • Density140/km² (360/sq mi)Ethnic distribution

• 2019Kanaks 29.61%
Europeans 19.08%
Wallisians and Futunans 18.24%
Mixed 14.54%
Other 18.53%Time zoneUTC+11:00INSEE/Postal code

98805 /98835

Elevation0–1,250 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.^[2]

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

Population

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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^[3]

Twin towns – sister cities

Dumbéa is twinned with:^[4]

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

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
^ ^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.