L'Île-des-Pins
L'Île-des-Pins | |
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Coordinates: 22°37′00″S 167°29′00″E / 22.6167°S 167.4833°E | |
Country | Mixed 1.77% Other 1.18% |
Time zone | UTC+11:00 |
INSEE/Postal code | /98832 |
Elevation | 0–262 m (0–860 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft) |
1 New Caledonia Land Register (DITTT) data, which exclude lakes and ponds larger than 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) as well as the estuaries of rivers. |
L'Île-des-Pins is a
L'Île-des-Pins is one of the main tourist attractions in New Caledonia. The Isle of Pines itself is nicknamed l'île la plus proche du paradis ("the closest island to Paradise"). L'Île-des-Pins can be reached by boat or plane from Nouméa, the capital of New Caledonia. It is renowned for the intense blue colors of its waters and for the ancient pine tree groves spread throughout the Isle of Pines and the neighboring islands.
After the Paris Commune (1871), about 2,800 Parisian insurgents were deported to L'Île-des-Pins, a part of whose territory was turned into a penal settlement where the convicts lived for several years.
In 2005 L'Île-des-Pins gained attention when season 5 of French
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ Population, ménages et logement par commune, en 2019, Institut de la statistique et des études économiques Nouvelle-Calédonie
External links
- Audio interview (in English) with Isle of Pines resident available at ULiveWhere.com
- Jane's Isle of Pines Page
- Map of L'Île-des-Pins
Île des Pins travel guide from Wikivoyage