Les Mées, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Les Mées (Occitan: Lei Mès) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Les Mées
Commune
The village of Les Mées, seen from the village of Peyruis
Coat of arms
Location of Les Mées
Les Mées Les Mées
Coordinates: 44°01′50″N 5°58′38″E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Digne-les-Bains
Canton	Oraison
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Raymond Philippe
Area ^1	65.4 km^2 (25.3 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	3,735
• Density	57/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.