Les Mées, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Les Mées
The village of Les Mées, seen from the village of Peyruis The village of Les Mées, seen from the village of Peyruis
Coat of arms of Les Mées Coat of arms
Les Mées
Location within Provence-A.-C.d'A. region Les Mées
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Digne-les-Bains
Canton	Les Mées
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Raymond Philippe
Area1	65.4 km2 (25.3 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	3,591
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	04116 / 04190
Elevation	348–824 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Les Mées (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.	±%
1765	2,014	—
1793	1,805	−10.4%
1806	2,209	+22.4%
1821	2,146	−2.9%
1831	2,129	−0.8%
1836	2,082	−2.2%
1841	2,030	−2.5%
1846	1,950	−3.9%
1851	1,893	−2.9%
1856	1,964	+3.8%
1861	2,030	+3.4%
1866	2,116	+4.2%
1872	2,165	+2.3%
1876	2,214	+2.3%
1881	2,124	−4.1%
1886	2,034	−4.2%
1891	1,993	−2.0%
1896	1,922	−3.6%
1901	1,924	+0.1%
1906	1,753	−8.9%
1911	1,783	+1.7%
1921	1,491	−16.4%
1926	1,449	−2.8%
1931	1,451	+0.1%
1936	1,390	−4.2%
1946	1,542	+10.9%
1954	1,566	+1.6%
1962	2,370	+51.3%
1968	2,063	−13.0%
1975	2,128	+3.2%
1982	2,275	+6.9%
1990	2,601	+14.3%
1999	2,925	+12.5%
2008	3,591	+22.8%

See also

• Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

References

• INSEE