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Pīraʻe
Pīraʻe
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Location of the commune (in red) within the Windward Islands
	Location of Pīraʻe Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}17°31′56″S 149°32′28″W / 17.5321°S 149.541°W
Country	France
Overseas collectivity	French Polynesia
Subdivision	Windward Islands
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Édouard Fritch
Area 1	35.4 km2 (13.7 sq mi)
Population (2017)	14,209
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−10:00
INSEE/Postal code	98736 /98716
Elevation	0–2,066 m (0–6,778 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pīraʻe [pi.ra.e] is a commune in the suburbs of Papeʻete in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. Pīraʻe is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, themselves part of the Society Islands.^[2] It borders Papeʻete in the west and Arue in the east. At the 2017 census it had a population of 14,209.^[3] The Stade Pater Te Hono Nui is a stadium located in the commune.

References edit

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ Décret n° 2005-1611 du 20 décembre 2005 pris pour l'application du statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française, Légifrance
^ Répartition de la population en Polynésie française en 2017, Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française