Les Mées, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

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Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Coat of arms

Location of Les Mées

(2023–2026) Frédéric Puech^[1]Area

65.4 km² (25.3 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

3,884 • Density59/km² (150/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

04116 /04190

Elevation348–824 m (1,142–2,703 ft)
(avg. 410 m or 1,350 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Les Mées (French pronunciation: [le me] or [le mɛs]; Occitan: Lei Mès) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Geography

The Bléone forms the commune's northern border, then flows into the Durance, which forms the commune's western border.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,805	—
1806	2,209	+1.57%
1821	2,146	−0.19%
1831	2,129	−0.08%
1836	2,082	−0.45%
1841	2,030	−0.50%
1846	1,950	−0.80%
1851	1,983	+0.34%
1856	1,964	−0.19%
1861	2,030	+0.66%
1866	2,116	+0.83%
1872	2,165	+0.38%
1876	2,214	+0.56%
1881	2,124	−0.83%
1886	2,034	−0.86%
1891	1,993	−0.41%
1896	1,922	−0.72%
1901	1,924	+0.02%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1906	1,753	−1.84%
1911	1,783	+0.34%
1921	1,491	−1.77%
1926	1,449	−0.57%
1931	1,451	+0.03%
1936	1,390	−0.86%
1946	1,542	+1.04%
1954	1,566	+0.19%
1962	2,370	+5.32%
1968	2,063	−2.29%
1975	2,128	+0.44%
1982	2,275	+0.96%
1990	2,601	+1.69%
1999	2,925	+1.31%
2007	3,413	+1.95%
2012	3,548	+0.78%
2017	3,735	+1.03%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Les Mées, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE