Arue is a commune in the suburbs of

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, an overseas territory of

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in the

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. Arue is located on the island of

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, in the

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of the

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,Décret n° 2005-1611 du 20 décembre 2005 pris pour l'application du statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie française

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themselves part of the

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. At the 2022 census it had a population of 10,322. The commune of Arue includes the

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of Tetiaroa,Décret n°72-407 du 17 mai 1972 portant création de communes dans le territoire de la Polynésie française

population 240 in 2017,Répartition de la population en Polynésie française en 2017
, Institut de la statistique de la Polynésie française (5.85 km²/2.26 sq. miles; property of

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's family), located north of Tahiti.

History

The area of Arue was first settled by travelers from

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during the year of 1000. They had built houses out of grass and mud. The Polynesians had hunted fish with spears.

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had arrived at

to observe the

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. The James Norman Hall Museum is located in Arue - it is a

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that exhibits the home of the writer of '' The Bounty Trilogy'' as it was in 1951.

References

Communes of French Polynesia {{FrenchPolynesia-geo-stub