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
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Raymond Philippe
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 (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