Les Mées, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

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
Intercommunality	CA Provence-Alpes
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Frédéric Puech
Area 1	65.4 km2 (25.3 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	3,884
• Density	59/km2 (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 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 and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

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