Moorea-Maiao is a commune of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The commune is in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands. At the 2017 census it had a population of 17,816. The commune of Moorea-Maiao is made up of the island of Moorea (133 km2/51 sq. miles; 17,463 inhabitants at the 2017 census) and the much smaller atoll of Maiao (8.8 km2/3.4 sq. miles; 353 inhabitants at the 2017 census), located southwest of Moorea. Moorea-Maiao consists of the following associated communes: The administrative centre of the commune is the settlement of Afareaitu, on the island of Moorea. References Communes of French Polynesia Mo'orea