Malijai

Malijai
The chateau of Malijai
Coat of arms
Location of Malijai
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Arrondissement	Digne-les-Bains
Canton	Les Mées
Intercommunality	Moyenne Durance
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Eliane Barreille
Area 1	26.56 km2 (10.25 sq mi)
Population  (2008)	1,958
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	04108 /04350
Elevation	422–1,080 m (1,385–3,543 ft) (avg. 428 m or 1,404 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Malijai is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Geography

The village lies on the right bank of the Bléone, which forms part of the commune's western border, then flows west through the northern part of the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1765	460	—
1793	464	+0.9%
1806	470	+1.3%
1821	466	−0.9%
1831	529	+13.5%
1836	506	−4.3%
1841	514	+1.6%
1846	554	+7.8%
1851	578	+4.3%
1856	565	−2.2%
1861	537	−5.0%
1866	551	+2.6%
1872	503	−8.7%
1876	605	+20.3%
1881	512	−15.4%
1886	488	−4.7%
1891	497	+1.8%
1896	472	−5.0%
1901	467	−1.1%
1906	511	+9.4%
1911	447	−12.5%
1921	421	−5.8%
1926	457	+8.6%
1931	535	+17.1%
1936	558	+4.3%
1946	592	+6.1%
1954	576	−2.7%
1962	841	+46.0%
1968	988	+17.5%
1975	1,419	+43.6%
1982	1,578	+11.2%
1990	1,703	+7.9%
1999	1,628	−4.4%
2008	1,958	+20.3%

See also

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

References

• INSEE