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The French overseas department of Mayotte is divided into 17 communes.
Most are located on the island of Grande Terre, except for Dzaoudzi and Pamandzi which are located on Petite Terre.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2022):[1]
List of communes
edit| Commune | Code INSEE | Postal Code | Canton | Intercommunality | Area
(km2) |
Population
(2017) |
Density
(per km2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acoua | 97601 | 97630 | Mtsamboro | CA du Grand Nord de Mayotte | 13.11 | 5,192 | 396 |
| Bandraboua | 97602 | 97650 | Bandraboua & | CA du Grand Nord de Mayotte | 32.11 | 13,989 | 436 |
| Bandrele | 97603 | 97660 | Bouéni & | CC du Sud (Mayotte) | 36.56 | 10,282 | 281 |
| Bouéni | 97604 | 97620 | Bouéni | CC du Sud (Mayotte) | 14.06 | 6,189 | 169 |
| Chiconi | 97605 | 97670 | Ouangani | CC du Centre-Ouest | 8.26 | 8,295 | 1,004 |
| Chirongui | 97606 | 97620 | Sada | CC du Sud (Mayotte) | 28.76 | 8,920 | 310 |
| Dembeni | 97607 | 97660 | Dembeni | CA de Dembeni-Mamoudzou | 38.38 | 15,848 | 413 |
| Dzaoudzi
(prefecture) |
97608 | 97615 | Dzaoudzi | CC de Petite-Terre | 7.87 | 17,831 | 2,266 |
| Kani-Kéli | 97609 | 97625 | Bouéni | CC du Sud (Mayotte) | 20.59 | 5,507 | 267 |
| Koungou | 97610 | 97600 | Bandraboua & | CA du Grand Nord de Mayotte | 28.41 | 32,156 | 1,132 |
| Mamoudzou | 97611 | 97600
97650 97605 97680 |
Mamoudzou-1, | CA de Dembeni-Mamoudzou | 42.30 | 71,437 | 1,689 |
| Mtsamboro | 97612 | 97630 | Mtsamboro | CA du Grand Nord de Mayotte | 16.41 | 7,705 | 470 |
| M'Tsangamouji | 97613 | 97650 | Tsingoni | CC du Centre-Ouest | 21.84 | 6,432 | 295 |
| Ouangani | 97614 | 97670 | Ouangani | CC du Centre-Ouest | 19.05 | 10,203 | 536 |
| Pamandzi | 97615 | 97615 | Pamandzi | CC de Petite-Terre | 4.24 | 11,442 | 2,699 |
| Sada | 97616 | 97640 | Sada | CC du Centre-Ouest | 10.26 | 11,156 | 1,087 |
| Tsingoni | 97617 | 97680 | Tsingoni | CC du Centre-Ouest | 34.42 | 13,934 | 405 |
| Mayotte | 976 | - | - | - | 376 | 256,518 | 682 |
Detailed communal breakdown of population
editSame communes, classified by decreasing population (Mayotte counted 160,506 inhabitants in total in 2002, for an average population density of 430.0 inhabitants/km2, more than four times the national average). The average or mean population of the communes is 9,441 inhabitants, while the median population is 6,963 inhabitants, much higher than the average and median population of Metropolitan France (1,542 and 380 inhabitants respectively). Each commune generally consists of several villages.
| Name | Population (2002 INSEE) |
Area (km2) |
Density (inhabitants/km2) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mamoudzou | 45,646 | 41.94 | 1,088 |
| Mtsapere | 10,495 | |||
| Kaweni | 9,604 | |||
| Mamoudzou | 6,533 | |||
| Passamainty | 6,008 | |||
| Kavani | 5,488 | |||
| Vahibé | 3,236 | |||
| Tsountsou1 | 3,058 | |||
| Tsountsou2 | 1,053 | |||
| 2 | Koungou | 15,383 | 28.41 | 541 |
| Majicavo Koropa | 5,828 | |||
| Koungou | 5,467 | |||
| Longoni | 1,497 | |||
| Trévani | 1,161 | |||
| Majicavo Lamir | 774 | |||
| Kangani | 656 | |||
| 3 | Dzaoudzi | 12,311 | 6.66 | 1 848 |
| Labattoir | 12,066 | |||
| Dzaoudzi | 242 | |||
| 4 | Tsingoni | 7,856 | 34.76 | 226 |
| Combani | 3,559 | |||
| Tsingoni | 2,116 | |||
| Mirereni | 1,722 | |||
| Mroualé | 382 | |||
| 5 | Dembeni | 7,825 | 38.8 | 202 |
| Tsararano | 2,181 | |||
| Dembeni | 1,943 | |||
| Iloni | 1,608 | |||
| Ajangoua | 1,183 | |||
| Ongojou | 910 | |||
| 6 | Pamandzi | 7,510 | 4.29 | 1,751 |
| 7 | Bandraboua | 7,501 | 32.37 | 232 |
| Dzoumogne | 2,517 | |||
| Bandraboua | 1,866 | |||
| Handrema | 1,343 | |||
| Bouyouni | 978 | |||
| Mtsangamboua | 797 | |||
| 8 | Mtsamboro | 7,068 | 13.71 | 516 |
| Mtsamboro | 3,071 | |||
| Mtsahara | 2,370 | |||
| Hamjago | 1,627 | |||
| 9 | Sada | 6,963 | 11.16 | 624 |
| Sada | 9,176 | |||
| Manjagou | 787 | |||
| 10 | Chiconi | 6,167 | 8.29 | 744 |
| Chiconi | 5,060 | |||
| Sohoa | 1,107 | |||
| 11 | Chirongui | 5,696 | 28.31 | 201 |
| Poroani | 1,780 | |||
| Chirongui | 1,158 | |||
| Tsimkoura | 1,035 | |||
| Miréréni | 721 | |||
| Mramadoudou | 587 | |||
| Malamani | 415 | |||
| 12 | Ouangani | 5,569 | 19.05 | 292 |
| Barakani | 2,360 | |||
| Ouangani | 2,096 | |||
| Kahani | 953 | |||
| Coconi | 160 | |||
| 13 | Bandrele | 5,537 | 36.46 | 152 |
| Bandrele | 2,124 | |||
| M'tsamoudou | 1,395 | |||
| Nyambadao | 813 | |||
| Dapani | 568 | |||
| Bambo Est | 353 | |||
| Hamouro | 284 | |||
| 14 | M'Tsangamouji | 5,382 | 21.84 | 246 |
| M'Tsangamouji | 4,002 | |||
| Chembenyouba | 1,072 | |||
| Mliha | 308 | |||
| 15 | Bouéni | 5,151 | 14.06 | 366 |
| Bouéni | 4,002 | |||
| Mzouazia | 954 | |||
| Moinatrindri | 813 | |||
| Hagnoundrou | 766 | |||
| Bambo Ouest | 338 | |||
| Mbouanatsa | 189 | |||
| 16 | Acoua | 4,605 | 12.62 | 365 |
| Acoua | 3,285 | |||
| Mtsangadoua | 1,320 | |||
| 17 | Kani-Kéli | 4,336 | 20.51 | 211 |
| Kani-Kéli | 1,708 | |||
| Kanibé | 693 | |||
| Choungui | 658 | |||
| Mronabeja | 455 | |||
| Mbouini | 415 | |||
| Passy-Kéli | 407 |